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.
At the request of Governor George A. Parks, the Alaska Chapter of the American Legion conducted a contest among the Territory's school children to choose Alaska's Flag Design.
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
The man wears regalia featuring bear designs; he holds a rattle in one hand and, in the other, the Kaagwaantaan Bear Staff Kuchein (Martin White) of the Kookhítaan or "Box House People" in Sitka, with his wife Yaast'ooch whose clan was...
Fireplace tools and andirons, modeled on traditional Tlingit designs, crafted by Albert Berry of Alaska Artisans Arts & Crafts Shop, Juneau, Alaska. c. 1922.
At the request of Governor George A. Parks, the Alaska Chapter of the American Legion conducted a contest among the Territory's school children to choose Alaska's Flag Design. Text on flag: Alaska seal.
Title from image. Full caption: One may be our new flag. Grace Traube, employee of one of the largest flag manufacturing concerns in the country, stands by two of the many designs proposed as the new American flag. President Eisenhower will...
Netro, Hannah (maker). The case is 47" long, without fringes. The top band is 5 in. wide with solid beadwork and a white background. The main flower design is in shades of blues, reds and greens. Curved floral designs fill rest of band with brown...
Netro, Hannah (maker). The case is 47" long, without fringes. The top band is 5 in. wide with solid beadwork and a white background. The main flower design is in shades of blues, reds and greens. Curved floral designs fill rest of band with brown...
Coiled willow with spruce stitching: leather in handle, red and blue green dyes, flat bottom, vertical sides with diamond, and hourglass geometrical design. Lid has blue, red geometrical designs, and a green circle at center. About 1.75 in. long...
Marx, Gary (artist). Size: 12.75 x 14.75 x 3.25 in. Medium: Ceramic, acrylic paints, wood Landscape with rock path & stairs; 3 Stonehenge-type standing rocks; 3 ditches with sticks in them; other designs & pattern of rock; grass with lines drawn...
Coiled; grass; well-shaped; good condition; blue, green, pink, orange; brown designs; vivid inside; faded outside; knob on lid; 8-1/2 in. tall with lid.
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.).