Accession Number: 50-68
Made: Russia
Descriptive Narrative: Brass cannon, mounted on a wooden support with iron mounts. Bore is 8cm diameter.
Found: Kodiak
Inscription: "No 1" inscribed on top surface of cannon....
Object Name: book
Subject: Russian Orthodox Church
Found: Juneau
Accession Number: 73-27
Used: Juneau
Description: paper; ink; printed; bound
Descriptive Narrative: TLINGIT OLD & NEW TESTAMENT READER from St. Nicholas Church,...
Old Num: LC.344-1.1
Description: wood; paint
Found: Sitka
Culture: Aleut; Alutiiq
History: From the collection of Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff, curator of the Alaska Historical Library and Museum from 1919-1940. Purchased by...
Description: wood; carved; glass; hinged
Old Num: LC.344-1.13
Found: Sitka
Descriptive Narrative: Wooden relief carving--hinged 3-piece icon triptych with glass covering one of the three panels. A small wooden icon of the type...
Accession Number: 98-11
Made: Russia
Used: Sitka
Found: Sitka; Finland
Description: wood; painted; lacquer
Descriptive Narrative: Box, wooden or paper mache. Lacquer: black on outside, red on inside. Rectangular shape....
Accession Number: 50-68
Made: Russia
Descriptive Narrative: Brass cannon, mounted on a wooden support with iron mounts. Bore is 8cm diameter.
Found: Kodiak
Inscription: "No 1" inscribed on top surface of cannon....
Made: Russia
Used: St. Michael
Found: Unalaska
Culture: Russian
Description: iron; wood; brass
Descriptive Narrative: Small cannon labeled "Russian cannon from St. Michael". Iron barrel is 36" long x approx. 4-1/2"...
Description: wood; beads; metal; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Abacus (Russian: shchety). 12 rows of beads strung on metal tubes. The first 7 rows, row 10, row 11 have 10 beads. Row 8 & row 12 have 4 beads each. Row 9 has no beads. 2...
Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Two ivory carvings. [Part A pictured] Part A: a tool or bag handle, with a flat side and 2 holes for attaching to the article. The top is carved. It appears to be a sea otter lying on its...
Accession Number: 260 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Carved walrus ivory figurine in the form of a sea otter reclining on its back with the front paws touching on the sides of the head. The eyes are drilled holes. There...
Object Name: ice creepers
Description: ivory; carved
Made: Cape Prince of Wales
Notes: reference: p. 215 fig 69 Nelson
Dimensions: L: 4 1/4 in, W: 1 1/8 in
Made: St. Michael
Descriptive Narrative: A wolf mask with large mouth set with teeth that are carved out of the solid. Slender, toothpick-like whiskers on each side of the mouth, which is painted red. A line from the mouth goes up the center...
Made: Kuskokwim
Description: wood; carved; painted
Descriptive Narrative: A wooden dish carved of one piece with red painted rim. The center is natural wood color with a deer painted in black in the center. He has a human face with a...
Descriptive Narrative: 2-pocket wall pocket of seal gut and fabric which is tall and narrow with a conical top and a square bottom. The top panel is of gut with embroidery. Each lower corner has a triangular shaped gut inset with a ribbon welt....
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: smoked moosehide; beaded; glass beads; sewn; sinew
Descriptive Narrative: Three piece smoked moosehide mittens with beaded floral designs on the backs in the finger area and on the back of the thumb. The seams are welted and...
Descriptive Narrative: Pair of adult (men's) smoked moosehide center seam moccasins with smoked caribou ankle flaps all sinew sewn. The vamp is covered with blue wool cloth edged with red and green commercial piping. The long caribou thong ties...
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...
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...
Descriptive Narrative: Board with ivory peg, two finger holds, painted red on grooved side and black on the other.
Description: wood; ivory; painted; red; black
Inscription: Aleutian hand stick for throwing spear Akutan Island (writing)...