Collection Name	Rivenburg, Lawyer and Cora Photograph Album. 1910-1914 (bulk)
Identifier	UAF-1994-70-106
Title	Building a birch-bark canoe [3 of 9 images]
Description	Title by cataloger. Photograph of two women sewing bark on a birch bark canoe. Narrative in the photo album reads : "Next as shown below, the women sew the pieces of birch together, sewing over and over. For thread they use the small roots of the spruce which have been soaked in water a long time. These are split by using the teeth and hands into flat, half-round pieces which are flexible and tough. Using an awl to make holes, all seams are sewed; and pieces of bark are sewed over knot holes or any weak places in the bark."
Creator	Rivenburg, Lawyer
Subject.TGM	Women Sewing Canoes Indigenous peoples
Subject.Local	Ethnotechnology Alaska Natives--Interior Alaska--Athabascan
Location	Stevens Village (Alaska)
Region	Interior Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date	1912 - 1914
Type	Collection Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
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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Building a birch-bark canoe [3 of 9 images]

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