View of Collette Tyler, Twila Nail, Betty Jean Birch, and Jean Lane sitting on a bench at a Halloween party for the children in the new mess hall at Independence Mine near Hatcher Pass in southcentral Alaska. 1949.
Title taken from front. Crowd gathering to watch Ladies Nail Driving Contest in front of G. W. Palmer building during 4th of July celebration, Knik, Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." July 4, 1914. Photographer: O. G....
Trapper Peter Britch preparing to nail beaver hide to wooden board in Anchorage, Alaska, after trapping trip, with other hides hanging near building in background. April 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Fish hooks made from reindeer shin bone, bent nail and bit of red yarn, barbless - used for hooking pike through ice. Title and description from photographer's notes. Photographer's number 68.
The hook is made in two pieces of wood, lashed together with root and a rusty nail lashed on with root and string. The top piece of wood has a figure holding a creature by the legs. This symbolizes the story of Blackskin (see remarks), a man of the...
Female Doll with wood stand. !
(A) Doll. Wood face, lightly carved with black ink for eyes
and red ink for mouth. Plastic black hair across face. Large
red fox ruff, shaved beaver parka, white cloth with flower
decoration around bottom edge with...
Brass with barbless nail hook set in; wire loop wound with string. One circular eye has been carved out of the brass on one side of the piece. Another eye hole can be seen, but is obscured by the inset nail. 18cm x 2.7cm.
Wood frame of birch with three crossbars. Upper and lower sections weaved with babiche and middle section is weaved with moosehide line. On (B) there is also some heavy cotton twine used in middle section. For the boot lashings, (A) has wide...
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...
Descriptive Narrative: 2-pocket wall pocket of seal gut and fabric which is tall and narrow with a conical top and a square bottom. The top panel is of gut with embroidery. Each lower corner has a triangular shaped gut inset with a ribbon welt....
Accession Number: 431 a
Description: wood; carved
Found: Valdez
Descriptive Narrative: Carved wood spoon. Bowl and most the back is "natural" or light tan color. Red pigment has been painted onto the bowls rim, handle and on the...