[Alaska native, female, displaying facial tattoos, plus nose and lip piercings.] Bookplate from: Voyage of naval Captain Sarychev along the North-Eastern part of Siberia, the Arctic Ocean and Eastern Ocean, for eight years, attached to the...
[Alaska native, male, wearing a woven hat and displaying nose and lip piercings.] Bookplate from: Voyage of naval Captain Sarychev along the North-Eastern part of Siberia, the Arctic Ocean and Eastern Ocean, for eight years, attached to the...
[Governor Egan presents Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Clarence L. Anderson with a Bancroft "History of Alaska" upon Anderson's retirement.]
A bone engraved with different animals. There are fish and bubbles along with an otter. There also seems to be some foxes along the bottom right hand corner. The bone has an outline along the sides and the animals are standing along the edges of...
A crowd of children and parents await the third annual visit of Santa Clause to the Chisholm & Hall Books and Stationary, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also visible is the First National Bank Office, and a dogsled team.
A desk set made as a gift for President William Howard Taft from the people of Fairbanks and the Tanana Valley. Originally had a walrus tusk as the base, now has a walnut reproduction as the base. Gold butt plate with dedication, gold tip cover,...
A handwritten contemporary copy. Concerns appointment of young
Kamchadals to local cossack units and as clerics. Physical Description: 1p. File type: PDF 24 MB
A large, squarish mask with a face and 3 spirit rings framing it on all sides except bottom. The fish heads protrude above face with carvings on them. The face has goggles painted on it and whiskers in a black stain. The head is blue paint and the...
A leaf shaped, wooden mask (28 x 17 x 6.5 cm), with distinctive horizontal ridges as forehead/top of head and chin, and three concentric circular ridges ringing central facial features. Eyes are leaf-shaped slits below one of the ridges, slightly...
A man washes up while a women reads a book at their camp on Kenai Lake near Seward, Alaska. ca. 1910. Photographer: Elsie Blue. Original size of photograph: 6 1/4" x 4".
A moosehide sheath with strap of dentalia shells and beads. Sheath (length 30 cm.) made of moosehide. Tip of sheath replaced with new piece of moosehide. Moosehide fringe around sheath tip. Sheath decorated with dentalia shells, and beads (dark...
A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...
A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...