Hunter doll made by Dolly Spencer of Homer, Alaska. Information from photo: "Dolly Spencer, Homer, originally from Shishmareff. 1977. Hunter doll "Epeelick". Outer parka - oogruck [bearded seal] gut and seal skin trim. Willow bark dyed draw string...
Title taken from verso. Fur trader Ed Shepherd examines rolls of oogruk (bearded seal) skins before purchase at Kotzebue, Alaska. Also from verso: "Arctic trip w[ith] Ed Shephard [sic]." 1958. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size:...
Title from indexer. Photograph of Edward Kiokun of Mekoryuk butchering a bearded seal. His boat is pulled up on the ice. Kiokun was identified by his son, Hultman Kiokun and his daughter-in-law, Dorothy Kiokun.
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Mary Cox and Beatrice Vincent skin a bearded seal. They appear to be using ulus or women's knives. A dog waits nearby.
Title by cataloguer. A group of seals are seen at the bottom of a cliff near the water. Cataloguer's note: There are 18 seal species in the world. The largest seal, the elephant seal can weigh as much as 5,000 pounds, and the smallest weighs as...
Title by cataloger. Interior view of St. Michael's Church in Sitka. There are a chandelier, two pillars, ornate furnishings, a rug and a chair on raised floor. An elderly, bearded priest stands at a rear door.
Title taken from caption on slide. "Drying ugruk skins and full seal oil pokes Yaiyuk Harris and wife Sishoalikroaq 1952." [The name Yaiyuk is also spelled Yiyuk in this collection. Ugruk means seal, probably bearded seal.]
Title taken from caption on slide. The ugruk (seal, probably bearded seal) hide is used, after drying, to make part of the traditional footwear. It is also used as a container.
Title from slide index prepared by Peter Haase 14 July 2006. "Donna and dog. She (and her husband Don, the bearded guy) owned the dogs and worked at the air traffic control station in Northway. Days later, she baked an apple pie which she sent...
Title supplied by cataloger. Bearded Raymie stands behind a blue pickup truck holding a large fish and smoking a cigarette. Canisters are piled nearby. Slide printed 9/1970. Original format: 35mm color slide
Four women dancing on blanket made of bearded sealskin outside during Nalukataq (spring whaling celebration). Well-dressed women dance with babies on their backs. The metal bucket near drummers is filled with water used to keep drums moist for...
His waterproof boots are made of bearded sealskin bottoms and hairless seal skin tops. He carries a staff called an Unaaqpauraq in Iñupiaq with a point on one end and a hook at the other, used to test the strength of the ice before walking on it....