This round wood mask (16 x 13 x 5 cm) has arched eyebrows stained darker than the rest of the wood. The left eyebrow curves down to become the nose, which is triangular, with two round nostrils, and slightly flaring nostril arches. The face is...
(A) Woman's sewing kit made with a hollowed-out bone and bleached sealskin. At the end is a polar bear head made from mineralized walrus ivory. This secures the bleached sealskin, which is folded lengthwise and slides through the bone. A hole is...
(A) Woman's sewing kit made with a hollowed-out bone and bleached sealskin. At the end is a polar bear head made from mineralized walrus ivory. This secures the bleached sealskin, which is folded lengthwise and slides through the bone. A hole is...
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...
Alexi, Emma (maker). Wastepaper basket shape with a square base rising to a round mouth; made of a large piece of birchbark with two small pieces inserted and sewn on either side; sewn with spruce root; rim rod of willow; the outer bark is on the...
The sides are made one piece of shaped wood; 2.375 in. tall; base fitted in; each side has 3 pieces that are 2.375 in. long in ivory; sewn on with baleen; strip of twisted root across container holds sides in; 6 small pieces of ivory 1.375 in. sewn...
The dish has a wooden rim, and it is bent and lashed in two places with root. The new bottom has been made and glued in; a small baleen whale is glued in middle of dish and the handle is a high loop of baleen lashed to sides of dish with baleen;...
Katexac, Bernard (artist). Wooden mask, painted orange-brown. Measures 24 x 17 x 8.7 cm. The forehead protrudes above the face, cut at a 90 degree angle above the eyes, which are small round holes. The nose is prominent, triangular and flat at...
Katexac, Bernard (artist). Wooden mask, painted orange-brown. Measures 24 x 17 x 8.7 cm. The forehead protrudes above the face, cut at a 90 degree angle above the eyes, which are small round holes. The nose is prominent, triangular and flat at...
Made of two pieces of wood, each of which forms half the handle and half the rattle part; handle riveted with two copper bolts and lashed with leather strip; hawk's face either side of rattle; black, green, and red paint; faded; has two small...
Hardwood stem with poured lead stem and bowl; 9.25 in. long; a very worn leather bag full of tobacco is attached to neck of bowl by means of leather thong; other end of thong is attached to small leather container; a short length of brass chain is...
Hardwood stem with poured lead stem and bowl; 9.25 in. long; a very worn leather bag full of tobacco is attached to neck of bowl by means of leather thong; other end of thong is attached to small leather container; a short length of brass chain is...
Wooden spoon; bowl, handle tip, small band in center of handle all painted dark red, black figure on spoon bowl; tip of bowl broken off and repaired. Measures 17.5 in. long.¬ulture: Central Yup'ik
Choy, Terence (artist). Medium: Metal, acrylic, plastic figures Description: mixed media, standard gold pan painted in acrylic in alternating light blue and brown rings with tools (chisel, pliers, saw, folding tape, screw driver) placed around the...
Schoppert, James (artist). Size: 35 x 23 x 10 in. Medium: Wood, walrus, gut, feathers, paint Description: Stylized bird figure with face and human legs, attached to drum; drum made of walrus stomach stretched and tied to wooden frame with blue...
Material: Ivory Realistic human head, overly oblong and slightly pointed at top. The face is fully carved including eyes, nose, mouth, small ears on sides, and tattoo lines on forehead, cheeks and chin. Object is broken at neck. Drilled hole at...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 14 seconds, MPG-1 format. Several of the campers are inflating an air canoe. Nagruk and Kavaii test the canoe on the small stream next to the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 1 second, MPG-1 format. Kunnaan makes a special delicacy from the seal blubber and seal intestine. She gets a slab of blubber ready and rinses...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 13 seconds, MPG-1 format. Because of the storms and the need to ground the boats, Paul Bodfish's boat suffered from a clogged waterline....