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B1964.001.444
(Traffer's Home)[Cabin in the woods with skis and animal hides mounted on outer wall next to entrance]
Keywords: snow, cabin, skis
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B2022.005.31
[Indigenous Alaskan Elder woman standing outside midwinter; animal hides on wooden rail at left.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Elder, Woman, Outside, Winter, Snow, Parka, Mukluks, Animal, Hides, Skin, Fur, Pelt, Drying, Rail
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2001.036.1804
[print and original negative] Staring seal & caribou, Wainwright, AK, 3-81 [animal hides]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2022.005.49
[Seated Indigenous Alaskan woman processing animal hide, likely reindeer pelt; stack of fur pelts in background]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Seated, Woman, Processing, Hide, Pelt, Skin, Reindeer, Room, Interior, Mukluks, Footwear, Clothing, Chair, Braids, Hairstyle
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1985.027.2438
[from verso:] Eskimos - hunting; Polar bear; Sam Kimura Photography [boy reaching up to touch polar bear hide drying on wood planks next to other animal hides; parka; mitten may have "Eddie" knitted into pattern]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B2022.005.72
[Indigenous Alaskan women seated on boardwalk outside house while processing animal hide (likely reindeer) and making mukluks; two young children nearby]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Processing, Animal hide, Hide, Skin, Fur, Reindeer, Making, Mukluks, Children, Toddler, Building, Structure, House
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1998.014.1.1314
P1 Alaskan furs (exhibit; 1946 postcard; & 1 print) [display of animal pelts, hides; bear, parka, spruce trees in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2009.009.659
Tanana Indian Chief, c. Geo. L. Johnson [man wearing beaded jacket, moccasins poses holding a bow(?) while standing atop an animal hide]
Collection: B2009.009
B1998.014.1.1155
O29 Paxson's Lodge, Richardson Hiway, Alaska (028 [on envelope] 1938; 1946 postcard) [interior view of roadhouse; rocking chairs, barrel stove, possibly victrola, record player, log structure, animal furs, hides on wall, sign for Rheinlander beer]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.050a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [from verso of print photograph:] “Porcupine Indian woman ‘batching’ caribou skin with a stone.” [summer scene; women work animal hides while girls, dog watch; laundry hanging from pole; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.050b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide] [from verso of print photograph:] “Porcupine Indian woman ‘batching’ caribou skin with a stone.” [summer scene; women work animal hides while girls, dog watch; laundry hanging from pole; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1156
O29 Interior of an Alaskan Roadhouse (O28 Paxson's Lodge, 1938; 1946 postcard; ) [similar to .1155, table with drawers, possibly magazines, rocking chairs, barrel stove, victrola? ram horns, animal hides, logg walls, person in center background; sign: "Beer, Olympic and Rheinlander; It's the water"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.041a
041 J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Caption on image: “Goetze, Koliutschit Siberia”; [label] “82” Caption on slide: “Eskimos and their igloo Koliutschit, Siberia” [man, women, and child pose outside domicile wearing parkas, mukluks; child holds what is possibly a toy; domicile appears to be made of animal hides, affixed with ropes weighted by stones; possibly water in distance; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.041b
041 J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] Caption on image: “Goetze, Koliutschit Siberia”; [label] “82” Caption on slide: “Eskimos and their igloo Koliutschit, Siberia” [verso of slide: man, women, and child pose outside domicile wearing parkas, mukluks; child holds what is possibly a toy; domicile appears to be made of animal hides, affixed with ropes weighted by stones; possibly water in distance; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023