Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Manuscript map, in ink, with place names in the Inupiaq language. Place names are generic, e.g., "Big Bay," and exact identification of location has not been possible; however, the coast as it appears on the map is suggestive of the irregular...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway train, Wasilla, Alaska. Railroad station is at left and Herning's Place is at right. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1012." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Title taken from front. View of Wasilla, Alaska, at mile 159, Alaska Engineering Commission Railway, with railroad station at right and Herning's Place at center. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1013." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. Gathering of people on corner of Main Street and a cross road, Wasilla, Alaska. Businesses shown include Herning's Place and Knik Trading Company. 1931. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from front. View down Main Street, Wasilla, Alaska, looking north toward road to Willow Creek gold mines. Businesses shown include Herning's Place, Knik Trading Company, and Wasilla Hotel. From verso: "1931. See Wasilla Alaska photo...
Title taken from front. Child riding horse down Main Street, Wasilla, Alaska, with man on foot with another horse and colt. Businesses shown include Herning's Place, Knik Trading Company, and Wasilla Hotel. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet...
Photograph by Alphonse Kemmerich, in the early 1930's. The photo shows the staff housing (left) and fish hatchery building (on right) at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries fish hatchery on Lake McDonald, near Yes Bay, Alaska. The hatchery was always...
Made from birch fungus; round with wire loop inserted for hanging on the net which it is being constructed; "och-kumay-lo-torak"? is the native name given in Inupiaq in the field collection notes, however it is also followed by a question mark....
Fishhook made of Dall sheep horn; double barbless hooks set in. "Michak"
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the "place" is listed...
Large, folded birch bark container found floating in the Ambler River. Willow rim rods and lashing of spruce root, and a rope, possibly cotton, tied along one of the long sides of the basket, possibly a handle. 20cm x 40cm x 28cm.
Brass with barbless nail hook set in; wire loop wound with string. One circular eye has been carved out of the brass on one side of the piece. Another eye hole can be seen, but is obscured by the inset nail. 18cm x 2.7cm.
Solid piece of wood; knob handle on top; flared, flat base; stained red; 5" tall; shows much use. Used for mashing up salmon eggs, cranberries, eskimo ice cream etc. "Koch'sin"
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture...
Handle of birch shaped to fit a right-handed person; blade of piece of sharpened barrel from a 12 gauge shotgun; a piece of cloth is used to wedge the barrel onto the handle.
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Native Material...
Flat, tapered piece of jade. 5" long or 1cm x 13cm x 4.5cm
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the "place" is listed as Kobuk, but...
Deep, oval shaped birch bark container. Double layered and sewn with split spruce root. Rim rods of green willow branches. 6" h x 11" l x 7 1/2" w. OR 12.5 cm x 28.5 cm x 19.5 cm.
12/6/2011: In the paper file the "place" is listed as...
Curved bone (rib) handle; curved steel blade with visible file marks; made from a file; fastened to handle with two metal bolts; three serrations on tip of handle; vertical scratches across front of handle where it joins blade; 9 7/8"...