A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...
A porcupine quill belt, 48 in. long; backed with green cotton cloth (2.5 in. wide) and edged all the way around with lavender seed beads. The front is smoked moosehide with a solid design of dyed quillwork; red seed beads and purple bugle beads are...
Amason, Alvin (artist). Audio, 2:36 minutes MP3 format. Alvin Amason talks about how he named his painting "Oscar Scared Him with His Icon" at a UA Museum of the North Geist lecture
Liddell, Josephine Crumrine (artist). Size: 21 x 16.5 in. Medium: Oil pastel on paper Artist's information on Lilly Killbear: "Lilly Killbear, who lived in Wainwright, loved to go visiting and ride with the Coast Guard on their yearly trips to...
Nancarrow, Ree (artist). Size: 59 x 54 in. Medium: Hand-dyed fabric quilt Tilted and dated verso Using the reappearing "y" form, fiber artist Ree Nancarrow experiments in this piece with the inner relationships of shape, color, and texture to...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 5 seconds, MPG-1 format. Caribou are spotted inland to the south. Much of the camp head out to capture four of the animals about a mile from...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 18 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. Paul Bodfish makes an incision through the center from the belly on up from below the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 43 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. A cut is carefully made through the sternum and ribcage. The ribs are good to eat; the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 32 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. One has to remove the excess blood into a container. Vernon Brower (Pauyuueraq) helps...
Pair of smoked moosehide moccasins that show much wear;
unplucked beaver fur trim at ankles and on tongues; ties of
twisted blue and red wool; flower on vamp of each
moccasin, daffodile? done in seed beads, black, yellow,
three shades of green,...
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".
Solid piece of wood; knob handle on top; flared, flat base; stained red; 5" tall; shows much use. Used for mashing up salmon eggs, cranberries, eskimo ice cream etc. "Koch'sin"
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture...
Accession Number: 96-26 Descriptive Narrative: Paper cut-out in the shape of a paulownia leaf, printed in gold, black and green. Background printed on each side is a photographic reproduction of a leaf in gold and black. In the center is a...