5 pages of hand written notes, taken by James Wickersham during a conversation with Taku chief Aanahalaash, and 2 photographs. Subjects include: Chilkat Blanket weaving,including the origin of the design and the manner of dying the wool; the Swan...
Shop interior with sign, "Sitka Photo Co. Table and floor laden with artwork including bentwood boxes, copper daggers, and a painted hide. Title taken from image. Photographer's number 45-N.
During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot pole in the town. Alaska Indian Arts, Inc. of Haines,...
Title and identification courtesy of Harold Jacobs. During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot...
Descriptive Narrative: Carved wooden mask by Nathan Jackson with earrings by Emma Marks. The natural color of the wood shows through on most of the mask except where hair, eyebrows, and eyes are painted in black, and nostrils and lips in red. A...
The box is kurfed and lashed with root (13.5 in. wide, 15 in. long, 16.5 in. high), and with red corners. It is in good condition. The bottom is set in with wooden pegs; marks on box where rope net was stretched over it for fastening; loops on...
The box is kurfed and lashed with root (13.5 in. wide, 15 in. long, 16.5 in. high), and with red corners. It is in good condition. The bottom is set in with wooden pegs; marks on box where rope net was stretched over it for fastening; loops on...
Title taken from caption. View of a man in uniform standing next to a totem pole. Photograph taken on Cat Island in southeast Alaska. Photograph taken between 1890 and 1910. Original photograph size: 3" x 2 1/4".
Title from title frame. Various traditional Native Alaskan carvings seen all over the landscape of ketchikan and southeastern Alaska. 77-second film clip, color/silent.
Title taken from caption. Photograph of a totem pole standing beside two wooden houses in Wrangell, Alaska. Two people are standing at the base of the totem pole. May be misidentified as Chief Shakes house. 1927. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x...
Title taken from caption. Photograph of a totem pole beside a wooden house on a hill in Wrangell, Alaska. A dead tree stands in front of the house. May be misidentified as Chief Johnson's house. 1927. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5 3/4".
From left, standing: Thomas Phillips, Howard Gray, Thomas Williams, Raymond James(manager), Louis Simpson, Charles Daniels, and Peter Simpson( coach); David Howard holds the ball
Bottom row (left): Dorothy James Truitt, Jennie Simpson Sing, Ray James, Jr. Middle Row: Tillie Howard Hope, Ellen's 'Mom', Mr. and Mrs. Sloan, parents of Mary Simpson Sing, Elizabeth Kadashan James, with baby Flora, Ray James, and far right,...
A man and three women stand at the base of the pole. An Alaskan Native man in a flat brimmed hat sits on the porch of an adjacent house. A stack of lumber, a fence, and a small foot bridge in foreground.