Two Inupiat women.
Collection Name
S.R. Bernardi Photographs
Identifier
UAF-1959-875-32
Title
Two Inupiat women .
Description
Two women stand in their winter outfits , one has a child on her back . They are identified as Norwadluk on the left and Nora on the right .Caption : Eskimos are not Indians , but mongoloids . Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors , the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos . The Japanese serve fish raw . The Eskimo eats his raw but nature most often serves it to him frozen . Jade is used extensively by both Eskimos and Japanese . Both have the ability to imitate with masked fidelity . We are prone to say "bread is the staff of life. " The Eskimo would change it to "oil is the staff of life. " The oil of the hair seal the walrus and whale provides for most of the wants of the Eskimo . He uses it to warm his house and dry his boots , to cook his seal meat and if there is no meat to cook he can use the oil for food . In olden times cariboo were plentiful . The meat was dried and the skins used for bedding and clothes . Heated deer suet rendered is eaten with snow and blue-berries it looks like whipped cream and is called koni mi nook . When a person dies a feast is prepared and all friends and relatives come to the home and eat so that the dead one may not be hungry . If two persons fall ill at the same time in the same house one of them must be immediately moved , for should one die his spirit would call to the spirit of the other and he would have to go . Eskimos never cheat each other but think it a virtue to cheat a white man . They most always send another to trade for them as this gives the traders a chance to criticize the goods which would be discourteous if the owner were present . Good bye in Eskimo means "I am sorry to see you go " If you are calling at an Eskimo home you should not leave until your hostess tells you you may go . If a man and his wife go to another village to trade and stay a few days it is a courtesy for the men to trade wives . S.R . Bernardi photographs formerly known as The Gertrude Lusk whaling album .
Creator
Bernardi, Suzanne Rognon
Subject.TGM
Women Children Fur coats Hides & skins Indigenous peoples
Subject.LCSH
Parkas
Subject.Local
Alaska Natives--Northern Alaska--Inupiaq
Personal Name
Norwadluk Nora
Location
Wales (Alaska)
Region
Northern Alaska
Time Period
1896 to 1913
Date
1905 ?
Type
Image (Photographs)
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Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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