Description: feathers; fur; yarn; cloth; sewn
Descriptive Narrative: Doll size chief's coat made of what appear to be the feathers from three different bird species. Male mallard duck feathers are used on the top of the shoulders and on the...
Exhibition: ASM 7-8/70 Descriptive Narrative: A certificate presented by Mathew Murav'ev, Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company, to Matvei Naushketl, a Tlingit chief. The certificate was given along with a silver medal "Soiuznye...
Interior of Klini's House, the Frog House of Klukwan; Cannibal giant with child totem, Frog totem, spruce root baskets and cookware, ca. 1895. Double caption.
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Title and description from accompanying materials. Sasha is the daughter of John and Vera Kalmakoff. She was 21 years old at the time of this photograph. Photographer's notes: Chief's wife. Photographer's number 484.
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
Title from accompanying materials. Man on steps of house which has panel with Tlingit designs running up center of house. Taax’ Hít (Snail House), Hoonah. Identification courtesy of Harold Jacobs.
Title from caption on image Buildings in Akutan, Eastern Aleutians: 1. White man's store; 2. Russian Church; 3. Chief's house; 4. Farther huts Photographer's number 3888c
Title from image. Chief's grave. Photographer's number 460. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidí carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the Frog House...
Title from indexer. Group photograph of Native leaders in the Tanana Valley with Episcopal Minister. Identifications left to right are Julis Pilot of Nenana, Jacob Starr of Tanana, Alexander Titus of Hot Springs, Chief William of Tanana, Chief...
Title taken from caption. Portrait of Anastasia Hodikoff of Attu in 1936. From May's journal, dated July 26th: "After church I got the Chief's wife to let me take a picture of her making an Attu basket. I think she rather liked the idea, for she...
Title taken from caption. View of a home in Attu. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.