Lane, Daisy (maker). Pair of calf skin ankle length fancy oogruks. Approximately 9 in. in length and 10 in. from toe to heel. Toe area is decorated with blue and white hide braid and concentric circular beadwork. The ankle area is decorated with...
Title by author. Photograph of Eva Luke and Cora Rivenburg as Eva teaches Cora how to use the hand operated sewing machine. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Below is Eva initating Mrs. R. in the mysteries of a hand sewing machine. She was...
Title from photograph UAF-2009-123-194, current caption in album is: "Dec 18 - From same point". Photograph shows a snowy mountain. Patterns in the snow and ice make the mountain and the valley below look streaked.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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A view of the Living (sitting) room - In the far corner is an overstuffed sofa with pillows of various patterns; on the opposite side, there are two rocking chairs facing each other, and a few paintings adorn the walls. Indexer's note - The...
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
Wide view of busy city street with wooden streets, cars, pedestrians, and buildings. Signs in image: Fire Department; Den O' Sweets; Drugs; Drift Inn; Wrangell Restaurant; Furs; Curios; Totem-Store Curios; Alaska Cafe; Star Taxi; Rooms for rent;...
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...
Pair of moosehide mittens in excellent condition; they have bands of beaver fur around the wrists and at the edge of the gauntlets. The backs of the mittens and the areas between the fur bands are very elaborately beaded in floral patterns; the...
Silook, Susie (artist). Video, 58 seconds MPG format. Susie Silook is a St. Lawrence Island Yupik ivory carver. She began her work by using the whole tusk of the walrus, as she didn't have tools to cut it into small pieces. Instead of the animals...