View of Dykes building and other buildings on south side of Fourth Avenue between D and E Streets in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with cars and trucks parked along street and pedestrians in background. Signs on buildings read: "Arctic Fur & Leather...
Title taken from creator's notes. Caption reads: The south side of 2nd Street from Cushman to Lacey. The Stores (from right to left) are Lavery's grocery store (there is a stairway that led to upstairs business when this building was first...
Title hand-written on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 6, 1961 and depicts naturalists Margaret "Mardy" E. Murie (1902-2003), left, and Olaus Johan Murie (1889-1963), right, in the Sheenjek River valley in Alaska. ...
Shallow birch bark with spruce root sewing and willow rimrod all the way around with 2 willow side braces. No trim on back but has leather band attached at lower rim. Two sets of leather tying straps attached to band - trimmed with blue rick rack...
Hardwood stem with poured lead stem and bowl; 9.25 in. long; a very worn leather bag full of tobacco is attached to neck of bowl by means of leather thong; other end of thong is attached to small leather container; a short length of brass chain is...
Hardwood stem with poured lead stem and bowl; 9.25 in. long; a very worn leather bag full of tobacco is attached to neck of bowl by means of leather thong; other end of thong is attached to small leather container; a short length of brass chain is...
Soft-bodied doll with leather facial features in black stitch.
Parka of muskrat belly trimmed with white and black calf
skin in zigzag design with beaver, wolf ruff. Mittens are
commercial leather with mouton tops, mittens have blue,
pink and white...
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;...
Description: moose hide; smoked; beads; leather; string; sinew; thread; sewn; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Pair of round-toed moccasins with large vamp and high ankle flaps, made of smoked moose hide and decorated with spot stitch...
Title from verso. Label on envelope reads "Russian". An unidentified man is standing in front of a ski plane. He is wearing what resembles a pilot's uniform: leather jacket, riding breeches, long socks, a pilot cap with an insignia. He is...
Full-length studio portrait of Native American man, wearing traditional clothing, including a headdress, fringed leather jacket, band of metal bells, and moccasins; he holds a rifle and carries a blanket draped across one arm; headdress...
Made of two pieces of wood, each of which forms half the handle and half the rattle part; handle riveted with two copper bolts and lashed with leather strip; hawk's face either side of rattle; black, green, and red paint; faded; has two small...
Coiled willow with spruce stitching: leather in handle, red and blue green dyes, flat bottom, vertical sides with diamond, and hourglass geometrical design. Lid has blue, red geometrical designs, and a green circle at center. About 1.75 in. long...
Description: metal; copper; leather; moosehide; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: A) typical Athapaskan knife is made of metal, often native copper by cold hammering. It is made in one piece with a fluted double edged blade. The metal handle...
Title from verso. Image shows a woman standing outside the Barrow Courthouse wearing a parka with a fur ruff and holding a leather briefcase. Sign on the courthouse says, "District Court, 2nd Judicial District, Barrow, Alaska."
48 second, color/silent, film clip of people engaged in various forms of handiwork. Women are working with leather, perhaps crimping soles with their teeth. Another woman is sitting on a semi-subterranean building grinding something with a...