Doubled piece of smoked hide with folded "neck" sewn with
d-ring inside. One side has dark brown and light orange
beads in a square shape, other side has solid white beading
with red, heart-shaped flowers with "silver" centers; edging
of doubled...
Doubled piece of smoked hide with folded "neck" sewn with
d-ring inside. One side has dark brown and light orange
beads in a square shape, other side has solid white beading
with red, heart-shaped flowers with "silver" centers; edging
of doubled...
Pair of moosehide mittens in excellent condition; they have bands of beaver fur around the wrists and at the edge of the gauntlets. The backs of the mittens and the areas between the fur bands are very elaborately beaded in floral patterns; the...
Smoked moosehide beaded moccasins with a caribou hide ankle wrap. The bottom of the slipper is smoked moosehide. Only the upper ankle area is of caribou hide. There are two long caribou lacings coming from the tongue area of the slipper. The glass...
Gross-Hope, Margaret (artist). Video, 1 minute MPG format. Margaret Gross-Hope is a Tlingit sewer and beader from Sitka. She learned to sew as an early age with her mother and grandmother. She sews and beads a variety of contemporary and...
Pook, Cathleen (artist). Video, 1:02 minutes MPG format. Cathleen Cass Pook is from Sitka and is known for her traditional Tlingit beadwork and basketry. She is a member of the Eagle Clan and the Killer Whale House. She learned her art from her...
Alexander, Selina (artist). Video, 1minute MPG format. Selina Alexander is an Athabascan who grew up along the Yukon River between Ruby and Galena and now lives in North Pole. She learned beading and skin sewing from her mother, grandmother, and...
Title taken from label on matting. Pair of hard sole moccasins with beading made by Cape Prince of Wales Eskimo and on display in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8324. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Title taken from label on matting. Pair of moccasins with beading made by Eskimo on display at Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8334. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 7 1/2" x 9 5/8".
Description: metal; copper; leather; moosehide; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: A) typical Athapaskan knife is made of metal, often native copper by cold hammering. It is made in one piece with a fluted double edged blade. The metal handle...
Description: moose hide; smoked; beads; leather; string; sinew; thread; sewn; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Pair of round-toed moccasins with large vamp and high ankle flaps, made of smoked moose hide and decorated with spot stitch...
Title taken from label on matting. Pair of moosehide moccasins with beading made in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8322. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/4" x 10".
Beaded wall plaque with loop for hanging; cross and Easter lily done in beading on front; 3.375 in. x 4.75 in. backed with white felt; beaded front done on felt as well; some sort of stiffener in middle. Edged with clear "sparkling" seed beads -...
Title taken from label on matting. Pair of white moosehide moccasins with beading made in Juneau, Alaska. Photographer's number 8323. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".