Title taken from label on matting. View of five duck figures carved out of ivory at Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island displayed in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8310. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/4" x 10".
Title taken from label on matting. Cigarette resting in ivory ashtray with figure of polar bear carved at Saint Lawrence Island, on display in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8316. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8"...
Title taken from label on matting. Ivory ashtray with figure of polar bear carved at Saint Lawrence Island, on display in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8315. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Descriptive Narrative: Walrus ivory carvings representing "Mutt & Jeff", early comic strip characters each with an inlaid ivory nose. a: Mutt; b: Jeff
Dimensions: H: 7.10 x 3.50 cm
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Title taken from label on matting. Ivory paperweight with figure of polar bear carved at Cape Prince of Wales and on display in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8321. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Title taken from label on matting. Three figurines of birds carved from walrus ivory with hand-etched designs displayed in Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 7923. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 10" x 8 1/8".
Title taken from label on matting. Ivory and walrus tusk bookends with figures of whales carved at Saint Lawrence Island, on display in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8318. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x...
Bunny McNutt standing at kitchen counter pouring from coffeepot in Anchorage, Alaska. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. 1966-1967? Photographer: William L. McNutt.
Title from verso. Image shows a woman in a polka-dotted dress seated in a chair. The woman is also wearing a chain bracelet, earrings, a brooch and has a wedding ring on her left hand. Behind her, several porcelain figurines, cups and part of...
Title taken from label on matting. Ivory pen holder with etched figure of seal and etched pen in holder carved at Saint Lawrence Island, on display in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8314. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph...
Title taken from label on matting. Ivory pen holder with figure of seal carved at Saint Lawrence Island on display in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8313. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Title taken from label on matting. Figure of people with sled dog team carved from walrus ivory displayed in Nome, Alaska. Also from label: "Nome." Photographer's number 7918. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 9 5/8" x...
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...