Made from a 5 gallon gas can; two tin cans with ends perforated are soldered on either side of the can; door made of piece of tin wired on; wire swing handle; wood chips are burned inside to keep off mosquitoes. (Smudging means to allow something...
Mammoth ivory sinker tapered on both ends. On the top of the sinker there is a darkened area (outter core). The sinker has one circular hole drilled into each end for line attachments. Looped through the bottom hole in the sinker is wire (picture...
Modern type made for sale; birch strips reversed and alternated for sides; flared; willow rim rods top and base; sewn with spruce root. Measures 11 x 21 cm.
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture Project undertaken by...
Round with a slight flare to the sides; double rim rod of split willow on both rim and base; sides of single diamond pattern formed by alternating out- and inside of bark strips; double bottom; rim bands; sewn with spruce root; base has cotton line...
Made of bone; tapered at both ends with an eye in the middle; used for making snowshoe webbing. Around the eye there are grooves on either end, on both sides of the piece, which extend out 1cm on either side of the eye in the same direction as the...
Ivory shank tapered at both ends, the top end more so than bottom. The smaller tapered end has two holes drilled through it to accomadatethe picture wire wound through for leader. Attached to the loop made at the opposite end of the picture frame...
Bone, tapered and rounded one end; used for removing bark from wood. 1cm x 14cm x 2cm
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Native Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the...
Handwritten note reads "Native Dance, Nikolai." Because this image includes the building, a paved area that might be a sidewalk, and people also present in UAF-1997-108-239 and UAF-1997-108-328, the...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from caption. Photograph shows a horse team pulling a 60 horsepower boiler. Men are sitting astride a few of the horses as well as standing on top of the boiler and walking alongside it.
Title taken from caption. "11540 -- (34) On the lower Yukon and the eastern shores of Behring Sea, the skin canoe and boat are the only native means of transportation. During the open or summer season, when it is desired to make a speedy...
Title taken from the back of photograph. "Inflated seal skins in place of old automobile tires. Samuel Irrigo at the steering end Roy Iworrigan with white cap. The other boat far middle: Addison Kiponga, steering". Additional information with...
Title by cataloger. At left is a vehicle that may be a forklift. At center are a pallet of boxes and two carts loaded with boxes and bags. At right are elevated platforms with "igloos" (cargo containers), two of which seem to bear the letters...
Title by indexer. At left is a vehicle that may be a forklift. At center are a pallet of boxes and two carts loaded with boxes and bags. At right are elevated platforms with "igloos" (cargo containers), two of which seem to bear the letters...
Title by indexer. The nose of the aircraft is visible in the foreground. Under the nose of the jet are a pallet of boxes and two carts loaded with boxes and bags. In the middle are elevated platforms with "igloos" (cargo containers), apparently...