Blackfeet women and child in a mat-lined shelter, locality uncertain — Keystone View Company

Two women sit side by side against reed matting supported by slender poles. A young child leans against the woman at right, one hand raised to the mouth. Layered necklaces, pendant earrings and broad wrist ornaments are clearly visible. The woman at left rests her hands in her lap, her moccasined feet extended toward the camera.

Hand-coloring picks out the clothing in muted blue and plum, with pale accents on the necklaces and green and yellow on the surrounding mats. Folded textiles lie beside the group. The paired photographs are mounted on a gray card with rounded corners.

Keystone’s caption identifies the subjects as Blackfeet but supplies no personal names or relationship between the two women. Its geographic wording is unresolved: the first line ends “Mont,” and the second reads “River, Wash.” Both are legible, but together they do not establish a single secure locality.

Published by Keystone View Company, credited on the mount as “Manufacturers Publishers.” The front carries view number 23291 and the separate code C3, together with “COPYRIGHTED” and “MADE IN U. S. A.” The opposite margin lists the company’s offices in the United States, England and Australia. The reverse is blank; no date or individual photographer is credited.