Title taken from the back of the photograph. " Seal skin pokes and walrus skin swings ". Cataloguer's note: The grils are playing on the swing, as the suspended sealskin hangs overhead.
Among the indigenous people of Alaska, the seal...
Title by cataloguer. The Seal is seen lying down on a patch of grass with a raised head, and looking straight ahead. His thick black fur glisens in the distance.
The Northern fur seal can spend up to 22 months in the sea, and ocean....
Title by cataloguer. A view of seal rookery. The male seal is called "a bull", the female "a cow", and the babies "pups" or "whelps". Notice a seal pup in the center of the photograph, laying on its belly directly infront of a large rock.
"A view of the Sternwheeler White Seal near the waterfront. " [Photo No.] 185, negative 185, not in stock [photo] by Johnson." Caption reads: "Photo by Johnson. 185". This is a view of a small steam boat...
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.]
Eskimo hunter wearing fur parka standing next to kayak with seal and harpoon, near Nome, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. He took the seal home in the back of his "kayak". Chapter 10, page 69, par[agraph] 3. Here are...
View of seal carcasses resting on upside down boat on beach in northern Alaska. "Seal floats" made from seal carcasses were used to keep whales afloat after they were shot during hunts. 1960's? Photographer: James Leveque. Original photograph size:...
Lane, Lennie (maker). A wooden stool with composite seal hook equipment. The wooden stool has 3 legs approximately 7.5 in.) and the seat is triangular (approximately 12 in. on each side). There is a small triangle cut into the seat 1.5 in. into...
Lane, Lennie (maker). A wooden stool with composite seal hook equipment. The wooden stool has 3 legs approximately 7.5 in.) and the seat is triangular (approximately 12 in. on each side). There is a small triangle cut into the seat 1.5 in. into...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 35 seconds, MPG-1 format. Fannie Akpik's nephew, Steven, is in the bow with the rifle on the look-out for seals. His harpoon is ready and...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 41 seconds, MPG-1 format. Both boats are hunting together. Paul Bodfish and Pauyuueraq (Vernon Brower) are the boat captains. Steven takes...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 8 seconds, MPG-1 format. Steven has caught his first bearded seal. It is hooked with a rope so that it can be pulled out of the boat. The seal...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 18 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. Paul Bodfish makes an incision through the center from the belly on up from below the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 43 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. A cut is carefully made through the sternum and ribcage. The ribs are good to eat; the...
Descriptive Narrative: 2-pocket wall pocket of seal gut and fabric which is tall and narrow with a conical top and a square bottom. The top panel is of gut with embroidery. Each lower corner has a triangular shaped gut inset with a ribbon welt....
Title by indexer. Photograph of Edward Kiokun of Mekoryuk hauling a seal from the water. A harpoon is protruding from the seal. Identification was provided by Hultman and Dorothy Kiokun, his son and daughter-in-law.
52 second, color/silent film clip of a man hunting seal. He scratches a tool across the snow to make various sounds; the curious seal investigates and becomes vulnerable to the hunter's attack. The same tool serves as a brace for his rifle as he...