A moosehide sheath with strap of dentalia shells and beads. Sheath (length 30 cm.) made of moosehide. Tip of sheath replaced with new piece of moosehide. Moosehide fringe around sheath tip. Sheath decorated with dentalia shells, and beads (dark...
Swan, Martha (maker). Purse made from the necks of loons. The top border is 9 cm wide and made from bleached and cured seal skin. It wraps inside and the purse is lined with yellow taffeta. The opening to the bag folds so that there are creases on...
Carving of a man standing with his arms extended out at his sides, palms down, wearing mittens, a hooded parka, and boots. Made from old whale bone, the carving is a medium brown color and still has a lot of beach sand left in the pores of the...
Schoppert, James (artist). Size: 35 x 23 x 10 in. Medium: Wood, walrus, gut, feathers, paint Description: Stylized bird figure with face and human legs, attached to drum; drum made of walrus stomach stretched and tied to wooden frame with blue...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 45 seconds, MPG-1 format. Kunnaan is cleaning a caribou head to make a soup. Paul Bodfish is using a hammer to break open the long legs of a caribou to get...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 17 seconds, MPG-1 format. Paul Bodfish teaches the campers how to remove the tendons and break the joints in the caribou's legs. There are...
Material: Ivory Oval head with long nose and small mouth; slot at top of head; body is flat with long longitudinal slit; decorated with slanted parallel lines and dashed lines. Culture: Okvik
Material: Ivory Oval head with long nose and small mouth; slot at top of head; body is flat with long longitudinal slit; decorated with slanted parallel lines and dashed lines. Culture: Okvik
Material: Ivory Ivory head. Large round hole through neck into head; face shows many tattoo marks; eye slits deep, narrow; nose unformed, nostrils indicated by shallow drill holes; slit for mouth rather deep; face part dark brown, top of head...
Material: Bird Bone 47.75 mm in length, 9.20 mm wide, elongated oval shape of human face with topknot-like decoration at of head, base of item broken beneath chin of face. Culture: Aleut
Hoover, John (artist). Sculpture: red cedar, paint, beads, wire. Cedar bird figure composed of base, body and hanging array. Signed, titled and dated on bottom of base. Size: 77.5 x 45 x 16.75 in. Artist Information: Born: 1919, Cordova, Alaska,...
Hoover, John (artist). Sculpture: red cedar, paint, beads, wire. Cedar bird figure composed of base, body and hanging array. Signed, titled and dated on bottom of base. Size: 77.5 x 45 x 16.75 in. Artist Information: Born: 1919, Cordova, Alaska,...
Split spruce root; twined; woman's rattle top basket; stones in knob of lid; designs on body are Cross, Crossing and Labret; on lid - Fireweed and Half Head of Salmon Berry. Measures 5 x 8.9 cm (2 in. x 3-1/2 in.).