Florence (maker). The top part of this sealskin hassock is of bleached sealskin with four beadwork butterflies, one in each corner; done in several colors. It carries a strap of bleached seal hide sewn tight against one side. All sides are furred...
Florence (maker). The top part of this sealskin hassock is of bleached sealskin with four beadwork butterflies, one in each corner; done in several colors. It carries a strap of bleached seal hide sewn tight against one side. All sides are furred...
Lambert, Theodore R. (artist). Size: 15.5 x 19.5 in. Medium: Oil on canvas Yup'ik Eskimo grave markers on the bank of the Kuskokwim River include items of the deceased, including a rifle. Grenold Collins was a long time friend of the artist and,...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 30 seconds, MPG-1 format. Paul Bodfish raises his VHF antenna to radio Barrow. Campers collect wood and prepare the last of the caribou as the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 34 seconds, MPG-1 format. It is time to break camp and haul the gear down to the beach. The tents and tarps are folded for the journey back to...
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...
Reily, Sheryl Maree (artist). Photograph: color inkjet on paper and mixed media. Signed and titled, verso. Extensive technical information is provided on a separate sheet included with the print. This work is part of the Alaskan Digital Print...
Mason, Charles (photographer). Gelatin silver photograph. Size: 8 x 12 in. Three kids in a metal bathtub. Verso: Untitled from "The Last Homesteaders Series" Slana, Alaska. Signed and dated. Signed front lower right. Donated by Charles Mason...
Mason, Charles (photographer). Gelatin silver photograph. Size: 8 x 12 in. Signed lower right. Verso: Untitled. From "The Last Homesteaders Series." Man smoking a cigarette. Donated by Charles Mason April 7, 1998.
Crumrine, Nina (painter). Oil on canvas. Size: 23.5 x 19 in. Signed, lower left. Brass Plate on Frame: "Chief Koch Teech, Last of The Tlinget Chiefs, by Nina Crumrine."
Child's diaper made from spotted sealskin fur and edged with caribou fawn skin with ties of spotted seal ties. Inside the diaper is sphagnum moss. Sewn with sinew. Measures 25 x 19.5 x 9 cm.
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....
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...
Round birch bark basket, made with strips of birch bark, woven together along the sides. The walls of the basket are formed by placing the bark in diagonal strips, with the light side going in one direction, the dark in the opposite, and weaving...
Descriptive Narrative: Round medallion of gold-toned metal hanging from an orange and black striped ribbon.
Label: (c.1988) RUSSIAN-AMERICAN HERTIAGE MONTH The United States Congress designated October 1988 as Russian-American Heritage Month,...