Descriptive Narrative: Watercolor painting showing Haida community houses and totem poles from the beach at Old Kasaan, on Prince of Wales Island Exhibition: ASM 7-10/84; ASM Gentle Craft Exhibit 3-10/90 see exh. catalog Dimensions: H: 10...
Accession Number: 73-40-5 Descriptive Narrative: Watercolor painting depicting Tlingit houses at Wrangell, with canoes on beach in foreground, totem poles and clan houses in middle, and forested mountain in background. Exhibition: The...
Descriptive Narrative: watercolor showing interior of Tlingit clan house. May be the same house depicted in another Richardson painting in the ASM collection (V-A-335). Exhibition: ASM Friends Art Exhibit 12/82-1/83; ASM 7-10/4; ASM Gentle...
Descriptive Narrative: Watercolor on paper, depicting totem poles at Old Kasaan. Signed "Katherine Delaney Abrams" in lower left corner. Dimensions: H: 18.25 in, W: 14 in
Descriptive Narrative: Section of totem pole. Figure of Abraham Lincoln Notes: "The so-called Lincoln Totem Pole from Tongass Island was, according to a report by judge Wickersham, a figure of Abraham Lincoln. The carving of the pole was...
Notes: Painted by Martha S. Knapp, wife of Gov. Lyman Knapp, 3rd Governor of Territory of Alaska. Presented by Mrs. Frances Morgan, daughter of Gov. & Mrs. Knapp, to the State of Alaska. Sen. Ernest Gruening presented the painting for Mrs. Morgan...
Accession Number: 96-61 a-k
Made: New York
Description: cardboard; printed; ink; wood; metal; paint
Title: Horsman's Game of Klondike
Descriptive Narrative: A board game, "Horsman's Game of the Klondike", consisting of a...
Descriptive Narrative: Double-headed eagle plaque of cast bronze. Crowns on each eagle head, symbols of power held in the talons; on eagle's breast is octagon shape with figure of St George. One wing tip is missing.
Exhibition: object traveled...
Accession Number: 98-7-197 Description: ivory; bone; sinew; carved Dimensions: L: 29.00 cm Note: ship model is possibly a representation of the steam whaler BELVEDERE, built in 1880
Accession Number: 98-7-213 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Cribbage board carved from a walrus tusk. The tusk sits on a base with freely-turning wheels. Attached to the top side of the tusk are carved sculptures of a man...
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Descriptive Narrative: Walrus ivory carvings representing "Mutt & Jeff", early comic strip characters each with an inlaid ivory nose. a: Mutt; b: Jeff
Dimensions: H: 7.10 x 3.50 cm
Accession Number: 91-50-2
Description: sash; leather; cloth; embroidered
Descriptive Narrative: Alaska Native Brotherhood sash of leather with cloth backing; embroidered in red
Maker: Elizabeth Dick
Used: Herbert G. Johnson;...
Accession Number: 91-50-1
Description: felt; red; yellow
Descriptive Narrative: Alaska Native Brotherhood "overseas" hat of maroon and yellow felt, with yellow ANB monogram and tassel
Used: Herbert G. Johnson; Angoon...