17.3 cm long (boot is 5.2 cm tall from top to heel). Boot is made of moosehide stuffed with white felt and trimmed with white beads. Red floral design on calf of boot and starburst design on toe-box; flower and starburs have yellow bead centers...
5.3 cm diameter (including beaded trim). Folded disk and hinge of smoked moosehide attached to a round, metal key ring. Circular hide trimmed with dark blue and aqua-colored beads. Blue floral design in center; five rounded petals of blue...
7.8 cm diameter ring covered with smoked hide and trimmed with brown and clear beads. Eight pointed star motif in middle of ring composed of brown, clear, orange, and aqua beads; a topaz teardrop bead hangs in the center; three beaded tassels...
A judge watches closely as two women arm-wrestle in a roped off ring. Further information was supplied by Flora Demoski during the Denakkanaaga Elder and Youth Conference, held June 6-10, 2005, in Grayling, Alaska: Shirley Dick [top-left of...
Accession Number: 98-7-213 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Cribbage board carved from a walrus tusk. The tusk sits on a base with freely-turning wheels. Attached to the top side of the tusk are carved sculptures of a man...
Comments by R. N. De Armond: . The name on the life ring is RESEARCH. The MacBride list (Alaska Weekly, 9/l/44) lists RESEARCH as being an iron hull with propeller. Went to the Koyukuk in 1898 and returned there in 1899; went to St. Michael in...
Doubled piece of smoked hide with folded "neck" sewn with
d-ring inside. One side has dark brown and light orange
beads in a square shape, other side has solid white beading
with red, heart-shaped flowers with "silver" centers; edging
of doubled...
Frances Nowell Curry [Frances R. Nowell], daughter of Willis Nowell (son of Thomas S. Nowell), poses with life ring from S.S. ALAMEDA, out of Port Townsend
Gold charm: gold pan with "Fairbanks" in raised gold letters inside top rim - cabin, mountains, sun, nuggets, etc. inside pan in different colors of gold. Loop and ring for attaching at top, 14K.
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...