Woman in long dress, decorated with full-length buttons, leans against a post on the Douglas dock; Gastineau channel and downtown Juneau visible in background Printed from original glass-plate negative
The bag is made of netted babiche and the top has band of moosehide. It is decorated with hide rickrack and blue seed beads. The drawstring is of hide. Green trade are beads woven into netting at intervals; four clumps of hide fringe on bottom;...
(A) Woman's sewing kit made with a hollowed-out bone and bleached sealskin. At the end is a polar bear head made from mineralized walrus ivory. This secures the bleached sealskin, which is folded lengthwise and slides through the bone. A hole is...
(A) Woman's sewing kit made with a hollowed-out bone and bleached sealskin. At the end is a polar bear head made from mineralized walrus ivory. This secures the bleached sealskin, which is folded lengthwise and slides through the bone. A hole is...
Dutchman, Matilda (maker). Single-rod, coiled willow root tray with star and floral design. The tray is large and circular. The interior is decorated with multi-colored, aniline-dyed grass in yellow, red, green and purple in a seven-point star and...
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...
Material: Ivory Harpoon Weight, decorated, with a large drill hole at the base that is 4cm long and 1.1cm wide. Piece is 7.4cm long and 4.5cm wide at the base. Several engraved lines decorate the piece. Culture: Punuk
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 Smoothly rounded wings; triangular hole in base; transverse, drilled hole through base; slender post in center; decorated with curving parallel lines. Culture: Old Bering Sea I
Material: Ivory Smoothly rounded wings; triangular hole in base; transverse, drilled hole through base; slender post in center; decorated with curving parallel lines. Culture: Old Bering Sea I
A desk set made as a gift for President William Howard Taft from the people of Fairbanks and the Tanana Valley. Originally had a walrus tusk as the base, now has a walnut reproduction as the base. Gold butt plate with dedication, gold tip cover,...