Title by indexer. Photograph of Edward Kiokun of Mekoryuk hauling a seal from the water. A harpoon is protruding from the seal. Identification was provided by Hultman and Dorothy Kiokun, his son and daughter-in-law.
Four native men in two skin boats, probably Aleut men (Unangan), paddle up to another ship (note rigging in upper right corner. Both kayaks are of the three seat versions and both have a harpoon attached to the right front of the bidarka.
Title taken from the back of photograph. Note with photograph indicates that the man is demonstrating position to harpoon a whale. Property of Dorothea Leighton, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD.
Title taken from the back of the photograph. " Seal skin pokes and walrus skin swings ". Cataloguer's note: The grils are playing on the swing, as the suspended sealskin hangs overhead.
Among the indigenous people of Alaska, the seal...
Title taken from verso. View of Glenn H. Bowersox holding an industrial whale harpoon at the whaling station in Akutan, Alaska. Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Eskimo hunter wearing fur parka standing next to kayak with seal and harpoon, near Nome, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. He took the seal home in the back of his "kayak". Chapter 10, page 69, par[agraph] 3. Here are...
Simeonoff, Jacob (artist). This bentwood visor has a decorative painted surface. The visor has an open-crown design, a long squared-off front, and two overlapping pieces at the nape that are stitched together with imitation sinew and reinforced...