Woman with a fire nearby boiling a liquid in a pot.
Caption: An old woman burns the shavings from the new paddles. She throws the ashes over the path of the whale boat as it is taken to open water. This is to scare away evil spirits....
Title from caption. Photograph of a fish wheel near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish, specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish wheels, two of which...
Title from image. Photograph of a fishwheel on the Yukon River near Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "[For Indians along the Yukon lived?]mostly on fish specifically on salmon. These were caught mostly by means of fish...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
A scow, or barge-like boat, is full of cattle on the Yukon River. On one side of the boat one can read: "UYC Co. No. 84." Several long oars or paddles are visible. In the foreground is a kayak like boat with a man...
Title taken from caption. View of a portion of the settlement at Umanak, Greenland. Kayaks and paddles are in the foreground, people in the background pose in front of buildings.
This color slide depicts three Alaska Native boys and one man in a fishing boat near either Kotzebue or Barrow, Alaska, 1962. Both the boy in the front and the man in the back hold wooden paddles. There is an outboard motor on the back of the...
Title taken from front. Handicrafts and art work of Alaska Natives displayed on and against a wall in Wrangell, Alaska, each artifact individually labeled on photograph. Items include baskets, spoons, moccasins, small pouches, miniature totem...
Note accompanying same image, PCA442-61: "Boats built by Natives, split cottonwood ribs, covered with caribou? or bear skins. . ." Native hunting party, with six men in two skin boats, paddles away from shore
Note accompanying image: "Boats built by Natives, split cottonwood ribs, covered with caribou? or bear skins. . ." Native hunting party, with six men in two skin boats, paddles away from shore
Tlingits in full regalia, with robes, headdresses, carved paddles, and face paint; behind is a large replica of a dragon fly See also ASL-P57-028, where individuals are identified
Paddlers of Brown Bear Canoe hold paddles resting on gunwales, painted paddle patterns visible; a small spruce canoe is pulled alongside; dock leading to house in background
Tlingit women selling artwork at side of lane. Wares include baskets, carved and painted paddles, moccasins. Negative slightly damaged. Photographer's number 308.
Title taken from image. Group portrait of dancers in front of a building, wearing chilkat robes, beaded garments, carved masks and head dresses, and holding dance paddles. Photographer's number 83-N.
Title taken from verso. Five men and a boy with a cedar canoe on the beach. The canoe is outfitted with oar locks and oars, as well as traditional paddles. One man is gutting fish on a rock; another is working with the seine net.
Canoes embarking or disembarking, filled with people and goods. Some of the people are dressed in potlatch regalia; others are bundled against the cold. Dance paddles and American flags are prominently displayed. Anchors are attached to two of the...
Title taken from image. Dancers wear carved and decorated hats, beaded clothing, and chilkat robes. Many carry dance paddles and other ceremonial objects. A shark figure is in foreground. Photographer's numbers 53 and 49-N.
A large party of non-natives in formal dress, in painted Tlingit canoe on Sitka waterfront. Several hold traditional canoe paddles. A smaller boat is seen just behind canoe. Probably photographed by Elbridge W. Merrill.