(A) Woman's sewing kit made with a hollowed-out bone and bleached sealskin. At the end is a polar bear head made from mineralized walrus ivory. This secures the bleached sealskin, which is folded lengthwise and slides through the bone. A hole is...
(A) Woman's sewing kit made with a hollowed-out bone and bleached sealskin. At the end is a polar bear head made from mineralized walrus ivory. This secures the bleached sealskin, which is folded lengthwise and slides through the bone. A hole is...
Cyanotype of an unidentified man sitting behind a store counter surrounded by sundries, possibly in Tyonek, Knik Village, or Ladd's Station. A vice is mounted on the counter to the left, and a sewing machine is visible on the right. There appears...
Full length, seated, profile view of young woman dressed for cold weather; she is identified on the image as [Ogmaona] and in the album caption as "Maona, 1906, Nome" Photographer's number 281
Mrs. Gray, foreman makes job record for skin sewer who will take piece work home. Title and description from photographer's notes. Photographer's number 640.
Putting cover on umiak. After they are sewn together using special waterproof stitch, men will stretch skin cover across wood frame and lash them to it. This unusually large boat requires 7-8 skins. Five women work outside, standing. Now about ten...
Title by author. Photograph of Eva Luke and Cora Rivenburg as Eva teaches Cora how to use the hand operated sewing machine. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Below is Eva initating Mrs. R. in the mysteries of a hand sewing machine. She was...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of Cora Rivenburg seated behind a hand powered sewing machine. Cloth is on the floor in the right corner of the photo. Narrative in album reads: "These were taken of Mrs. Rivenburg in our sitting room at Stevens...