Knee-high boots of caribou legskins with smoked moosehide soles. Very well made - ind. by donor but used by her mother, Mary English. Red felt edging - used - smoked hide ties. 15 1/4" tall - 10 1/4" long.
Knee hish; reindeer with the hair out; smoked moosehide soles. Red felt edging at top. Hide ties. Black and white calf geometric design below felt. Soles show use but in very good condition. 16 1/4" high - 11 1/4" long - hide ties. Made by...
Donor made parka from materials she obtained and processed, with the exception of the domestic calf used to make the geometric designs around hem. Caribou, wolf, wolverine and with wolverine strips front and back. Hood of calf heads. Very well...
Knitted mittens - green and brown - used as liners. ; Mittens used by donor's mother, Mary English. ; Of hide with beaver trim at wrists - fur in fragile condition. Wrist-length.
Woman's reindeer parka with wolverine fur trim. Made by donor's mother "Akurak" (Mary English). She used pieces of lynx legs for cuffs. It was caught in a trap and was eaten by another animal except for legs (!) Approx. 32" from shoulder to...
Wooden model of fish scoop. The basket of the scoop is made from a thin piece of bent wood with cotton twine webbing woven in a diamond pattern. The handle is a long thin piece of wood attaced to the basket with cotton twine. See remarks field. ...
Steel blade from a saw blade; 2 screw holes; antler handle much stained and polished from use; held on with wooden peg inserted through top of handle. Blade is 8 3/4". Ulu is 5 3/8" x 8 3/4".
Mittens of unplucked beaver with smoked moosehide palms. Wrist trim of unplucked beaver with hair going crosswise to that on the body of the mitten. Written inside each mitter "Ulen - Wiseman Alaska - 1945". 13 1/2" long - unlined. Made by donor...
Pair of small, folded birch bark baskets with unstripped willow trim and side fold reinforcements. (A) The larger of the two has spruce root stitching. (B) The smaller basket has sinew stitching and cotton thread stitching at interior fold seam....
Wooden ladle or scoop; broad, shallow bowl; one piece of spruce wood; stained dark red on outside; used; hole pierced in end of handle for hanging; 12 7/8" long.
Label put on by donor: "CL- 3 Salmon River Kobuk Frank Glover 1952" See letter...
Accession Number: 431 a
Description: wood; carved
Found: Valdez
Descriptive Narrative: Carved wood spoon. Bowl and most the back is "natural" or light tan color. Red pigment has been painted onto the bowls rim, handle and on the...