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...
Title taken from verso. Verso reads: "P. 5 OIL. 1 1/2 col x 18 PICA. "Chena Flow---." Close-up of a portion of the 100-foot long model of a 3-mile segment of the Chena River. Tinted water carrying strips of colored paper is passed down the...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Close-up of a portion of the 100-foot long model of a 3-mile segment of the Chena River. Tinted water carrying strips of colored paper is passed down the trough (river bed). Photos of the movement show how the...
Title from verso. Two men stand with tents along a ridge on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Silhouetted against leaden sea and sky, two American servicemen stand on the snow-covered ground of Amchitka Island occupied jointly by Army and...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of landing barges bringing supplies to the American forces fighting on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- Crates of supplies litter the beach of Attu as landing barges bring more supplies ashore to...
39 second, color/silent film clip of men making babiche (hide rope). First, a man rinses the hide in a barrel, then in a large body of water. Two men then stretch and cut the hide into strips.
a snap shot of an adorable Alaskan Native child. He is bent down on the floor to wash his hands or just to splash around in a small pan. He is looking up at the camera with a huge smile. Strips of meat or fish are hanging in the background.
Title taken from caption. Photographer's number: D41. Indexer's note: They are posed in front of what might be a smokehouse; there appear to be strips of fish or meat hanging from the rafters.
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: This picture captures a group of Alaska Native women and children. Strips of meat and fish can be seen drying on the tall rack in front of the large house. A man dressed in a suit and tie and a bowler...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: A view of a group of Alaska Native Women and Children are seen here in front of a large house. Two or more tall racks stand prominently in front, on them strips of meat and or fish are hanging to...
Title taken from the back of photograph. "The dried intestines are carefully slit, and then sewed together in strips to make a raincoat like our oiled-silk ones". Property of Dorothea Leighton, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD.
Title from notes on the back of photograph: " Dogs tied just out of fighting range ". Cataloguer's note: This is a view of a simple dwelling, with strips of meat or fish drying outside. A group of dogs can be seen playing in the yard. Property...
Title taken from caption. Clipping from a publication with the caption: Four Eskimo girls near Cape Nome, Alaska. The dress of the Eskimo consists entirely of skins of seal, reindeer, bear, and fox, the first two being the most common. The...
Interior shot of the South Seas bar & dance room. The roof is thatched with bamboo or cane strips and supported by bamboo poles; a tapa cloth panel is partially visible. Cane tables and chairs fill the room. A large mural showing monkeys on...
Title taken from caption. Alan May poses for a photograph wearing a kamlayka, and holding a pair of snowshoes and mukluks. May explains receiving these gifts in the following journal entry, dated July 20th: "Agefangle Prokopioff brought in a pair...
Title taken from verso. View of Beluga whale meat cut in strips drying on racks in summer, Kotzebue, Alaska, with tent in right background. 1960's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".