Material: Ivory Ivory head. Large round hole through neck into head; face shows many tattoo marks; eye slits deep, narrow; nose unformed, nostrils indicated by shallow drill holes; slit for mouth rather deep; face part dark brown, top of head...
Material: Ivory Culture: Aleut Oval shaped open work carving, open work of bands in inside an oval border. There are three longitudinal bands which are incised, each with one line down its center. There are also two semicircular bands each with...
Material: Ivory Culture: Aleut Human face, oval in shape, thin in cross-section. Face has open round mouth, incised lines on forehead, cheeks and chin suggest tattoos.
Hewson, Wayne (artist). Video, 57 seconds MPG format. Wayne Hewson is a Tsimshian carver from Metlakatla, Alaska. Hewson's carving career began in 1967 in a boarding school in Wrangell, when he used a pocketknife and a bar of soap to carve a...
Aoki, Miho (photographer). Photograph: inkjet print from digicam images. Size: 11 x 17 inches. Signed, dated below image; initialed, titled, and dated - verso. This photograph was made on June 1st as part of The Well Street Art Co. project to have...
Combs, Alex (artist). Enamel painting on canvas and wood. Size: 37.25 x 74 x 3.5 in. Signed lower right. Painting of king salmon and the frame includes wooden slats in form of the image that appear as bars in a jail cell. Bars are painted.
Orvik, James (artist). Oil on canvas painting. Image depicts alders, grass, fallen leaves, and patches of snow at 17.7 mile on the equinox marathon trail near Fairbanks. Signed, lower right; signed, titled, and dated, verso. Artist commented that...
Ryan, Bert (artist). Sculpture of cottonwood, abalone, acrylic paint, human hair, and leather strap. Size: 20 x 25.5 x 7 in. The cottonwood was given to Ryan by Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Anchorage artist) from a tree in her yard. Artist information:...
Ryan, Abel (artist). Video, 1:05 minutes MPG format. Born in Ketchikan, Abel Ryan now lives in Metlakatla. This Tsimshian carver learned basic flat design techniques from a master carver while in high school, and has now been carving for 14...
Mason, Charles (photographer). Gelatin silver photograph. Size: 8 x 12 in. Series of 15 photos. signed and dated, verso. Caption: "One of the herd's owners watches for fawns as the reindeer run around him. The fawns are separated for the...
Machetanz, Fred (painter). Oil on Masonite. Size: 33.5 x 27.75 in. Signed and dated, recto Subject is wife of University of Alaska President William R. Wood.
Gold charm with Fairbanks Curling Club emblems on it. Overall shape is 4-part, with a curling stone at center and two crossed brooms behind. "F" at left, "C" at top-center, "C" at right, and "06" at bottom-center.
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,...