Round birch bark basket made with the woven technique, light and dark-colored bark placed diagonally along the sides, alternating direction creating a woven look. Lashed along the top and bottom edges with willow, which is wrapped in spruce root....
Steel blade from a saw blade; 2 screw holes; antler handle much stained and polished from use; held on with wooden peg inserted through top of handle. Blade is 8 3/4". Ulu is 5 3/8" x 8 3/4".
Tear-drop shaped piece of jade, used as or with a fishing lure. Holes are drilled on either end. Not completely flat - the narrow end appears to curve up while the wider end curves down, from the side. Highly polished. Property mark engraved on the...
Folded birch bark basket with unstripped willow trim and side reinforcement and spruce root stitching. Bark panels showing dark interior bark surface have been attached to exterior surface of bakset, which show the pale exterior bark surface,...
Boy's snowshoe. Single snowshoe. Style is of westernmost Alaska type (see Nelson 'Eskimo about Bering Strait' or paper file). Outer wood frame made from two peices of wood. They are tied together to a point at heel with rawhide and spliced and...
This men's bentwood bowl (having three planed surfaces) is made using two pieces of wood for the bottom and rim. The bottom is stained light right, the rim is dark red, and the black line and bird with a fish in its beak are painted black on the...
This men's bentwood bowl (having three planed surfaces) is made using two pieces of wood for the bottom and rim. The bottom is stained light right, the rim is dark red and the black line and bird with a fish in its beak are painted black on the...
Tlingit bear mask carved of wood and painted. Mask is hollowed out with an adze from a single piece of wood. 32 inset shell teeth; abalone pupils. Ears show bear profiles and are each edges with 12 wooden pegs which secure a tuft of dark red-brown...
Accession Number: 98-1 Model: 4.2" Dahlgren projectile Descriptive Narrative: Explosive shell casing made of a steel (rusted); approx. 4" in diameter and 8.25" from end to end. One end is rounded, the other tapering. The rounded end has...
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...
Descriptive Narrative: Tea strainer of gold-washed silver.
Description: silver
Made: Russia
Notes: Manufactured by Peter Uhrwader, a Finnish metalsmith working in ST. Petersburg, Russia; made prior to 1822 (attributed and dated by...
Accession Number: 98-11
Made: Russia
Used: Sitka
Found: Sitka; Finland
Description: wood; painted; lacquer
Descriptive Narrative: Box, wooden or paper mache. Lacquer: black on outside, red on inside. Rectangular shape....
Accession Number: 98-11
Made: Russia
Used: Sitka
Found: Sitka; Finland
Description: wood; painted; lacquer
Descriptive Narrative: Box, wooden or paper mache. Lacquer: black on outside, red on inside. Rectangular shape....
Made: Russia
Used: St. Michael
Found: Unalaska
Culture: Russian
Description: iron; wood; brass
Descriptive Narrative: Small cannon labeled "Russian cannon from St. Michael". Iron barrel is 36" long x approx. 4-1/2"...
Description: wood; beads; metal; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Abacus (Russian: shchety). 12 rows of beads strung on metal tubes. The first 7 rows, row 10, row 11 have 10 beads. Row 8 & row 12 have 4 beads each. Row 9 has no beads. 2...
Accession Number: 81-3-3 Descriptive Narrative: Bronze medal. Octagonal shape (oblong with corners cut). Bust of man in military uniform on one side, sailing vessel and Russian inscription on reverse. Notes: Bronze medal issued by...
Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Two ivory carvings. [Part A pictured] Part A: a tool or bag handle, with a flat side and 2 holes for attaching to the article. The top is carved. It appears to be a sea otter lying on its...
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...