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...
Lambert, Theodore R. (artist). Size: 15.5 x 19.5 in. Medium: Oil on canvas Yup'ik Eskimo grave markers on the bank of the Kuskokwim River include items of the deceased, including a rifle. Grenold Collins was a long time friend of the artist and,...
Lambert, Theodore R. (artist). Size: 17.5 x 23.5 in. Medium: Oil on canvas Signed lower right, 1946. Stabilized by conservator Carl Grimm in 1983. Full restoration by WCCFA and new frame by Dry Creek Gold Leaf done, 1999. (Nagley Conservation...
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...
Reily, Sheryl Maree (artist). Photograph: color inkjet on paper and mixed media. Signed and titled, verso. Extensive technical information is provided on a separate sheet included with the print. This work is part of the Alaskan Digital Print...
Weyiouanna, Dick (photographer). Video, 2:03 minutes MPG format. In January of 2002, Dick Weyiouanna 19s Inupiat language class explored a Barrow ice cellar, a pit dug into the tundra and owned by whaling captain, Bill Aishanna. Whales give...