Family leaving Allakaket for summer fish camp. Note the handmade boat caulked with pitch so it won't leak. Billy Bergman, Ceza Bergman, Lindbergh Bergman, and Christopher...
View of Agnes O'Brien and others displaying handmade baskets in Hooper Bay, Alaska. Photo negative number in the Ward Wells Collection, B83.91.S1450.45. August 11, 1953. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 4".
Daylight comes in through a window made of ice. A large door on one end allowed the boat through. The holes for the lashing were handmade. This driftwood frame was lighter than with modern techniques. Workshops were heated with seal oil lamps....
Handmade by Harry Avakoff, Fairbanks jeweler, the blade is gold-plated and the handle is of white walrus ivory; light beige on top wit the white core area showing underneath; signed on back "Made by H. B. Avakof, 7 - 4 - 32". 7-5/8 in. long with...
5.3 cm diameter (including beaded trim). Folded disk and hinge of smoked moosehide attached to a round, metal key ring. Circular hide trimmed with dark blue and aqua-colored beads. Blue floral design in center; five rounded petals of blue...