Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Umiat, Alaska, with buildings, airplanes, and other vehicles. Also from verso: "Kotzebue about 1961 or [19]62." 1961-1962. Photographer: Noel Wien. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8".
Title from verso. Photograph of an oil drilling family and some equipment.
Verso reads: "They drill Alaska's oil wells. The man in the middle is Tom White The Sourdough driller. He drilled the first oil well in Alaska. The woman is...
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...
Mammoth ivory sinker tapered on both ends. On the top of the sinker there is a darkened area (outter core). The sinker has one circular hole drilled into each end for line attachments. Looped through the bottom hole in the sinker is wire (picture...
(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...
Title from verso. Full verso caption reads: "Confirmation well, which verified the discovery for the Prudhoe Bay oil field, was the Sag River State No. 1, drilled in 1968. The discovery well, Prudhoe bay State No. 1, was completed as a gas...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A drilling rig sends out a spray of steam during exploratory work at Prudhoe Bay in 1969. The well which discovered the huge oil field had previously been drilled but additional wells, such as...
Title from verso. Full comment from verso reads: "Prudhoe Bay State No. 1, the discovery well for the giant Prudhoe Bay field, is enclosed in a metal building in this 1969 photograph. The discovery well, drilled in 1968 by ARCO/Exxon,...
Title taken from caption. View of test hole drilled through permafrost for oil drilling operations at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. 1970's. Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
Material: Ivory Human head, 6cm in size with broad cheeks, carved nose and mouth, drilled holes for eyes, incised lines between eyebrows and for eyebrows, and drilled holes for nostrils. Object is broken off at neck, the ivory fractured on back of...
Material: Ivory Realistic human head, overly oblong and slightly pointed at top. The face is fully carved including eyes, nose, mouth, small ears on sides, and tattoo lines on forehead, cheeks and chin. Object is broken at neck. Drilled hole at...
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
Tear-drop shaped piece of jade, used as or with a fishing lure. Holes are drilled on either end. Not completely flat - the narrow end appears to curve up while the wider end curves down, from the side. Highly polished. Property mark engraved on the...