Boy's snowshoe. Single snowshoe. Style is of westernmost Alaska type (see Nelson 'Eskimo about Bering Strait' or paper file). Outer wood frame made from two peices of wood. They are tied together to a point at heel with rawhide and spliced and...
Atchak, Earl (artist). Large whale bone assemblage with rib acting as an umiak with a group of 6 human figures inside, one of whom is a baby in the arms of an adult. Three figures have wooden paddles. Figures wear parkas of caribou and rabbit fur....
A: made from a cut-down one gallon Mazola oil tin; wooden handle added on back; wooden backing with all wooden teeth attached to back of tin; used; 5" x 4 1/2" x 7 1/2".
Modern type made for sale; birch strips reversed and alternated for sides; flared; willow rim rods top and base; sewn with spruce root. Measures 11 x 21 cm.
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture Project undertaken by...
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...
Made of bone; tapered at both ends with an eye in the middle; used for making snowshoe webbing. Around the eye there are grooves on either end, on both sides of the piece, which extend out 1cm on either side of the eye in the same direction as the...
Ivory shank tapered at both ends, the top end more so than bottom. The smaller tapered end has two holes drilled through it to accomadatethe picture wire wound through for leader. Attached to the loop made at the opposite end of the picture frame...
Charles (artist). The window is made of 7 strips of seal gut, sewn with thread on a machine; 44.5 x 50.8 cm (17.5 in. high x 20 in. long). The center design in black paint is of a man with upraised arms spearing a winged fish.
The dish is made of two pieces of wood used for the bottom and the rim. The bottom is stained light red and the rim is dark red. A black line is painted around the bottom of the bowl, as are two figures. Six small round pieces of ivory are set on...
The dish is made of two pieces of wood used for the bottom and the rim. The bottom is stained light red and the rim is dark red. A black line is painted around the bottom of the bowl, as are two figures. Six small round pieces of ivory are set on...
This men's bentwood bowl (having three planed surfaces) is made using two pieces of wood for the bottom and rim. The bottom is stained light right, the rim is dark red, and the black line and bird with a fish in its beak are painted black on the...
This men's bentwood bowl (having three planed surfaces) is made using two pieces of wood for the bottom and rim. The bottom is stained light right, the rim is dark red and the black line and bird with a fish in its beak are painted black on the...
This twined grass basket with lid (11.9 cm x 9.9 cm) has sides embroidered with blue thread in zigzag pattern and in pink flowers with green leaves. The lid has three rows of zigzag with blue, pink, and blue again. The basket is very well made.
Tlingit bear mask carved of wood and painted. Mask is hollowed out with an adze from a single piece of wood. 32 inset shell teeth; abalone pupils. Ears show bear profiles and are each edges with 12 wooden pegs which secure a tuft of dark red-brown...
Accession Number: 98-1 Model: 4.2" Dahlgren projectile Descriptive Narrative: Explosive shell casing made of a steel (rusted); approx. 4" in diameter and 8.25" from end to end. One end is rounded, the other tapering. The rounded end has...
Description: wool; brass; braid; piping; serge; cotton; silk; ribbon Used: Chief Kowee; Kaawa.ee Descriptive Narrative: a). Jacket - navy blue wool, double breasted, w/row of 7 brass navy type buttons & 7 buttonholes up each side of the...
Accession Number: 96-61 a-k
Made: New York
Description: cardboard; printed; ink; wood; metal; paint
Title: Horsman's Game of Klondike
Descriptive Narrative: A board game, "Horsman's Game of the Klondike", consisting of a...
Descriptive Narrative: Double-headed eagle plaque of cast bronze. Crowns on each eagle head, symbols of power held in the talons; on eagle's breast is octagon shape with figure of St George. One wing tip is missing.
Exhibition: object traveled...