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B2022.005.11
[Indigenous person in elaborate fur parka with geometric trim, likely reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Geometric trim, Elaborate, Patterned, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.18
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors next to log cabin, man wearing fur parka with walrus-tusk gussets and geometric trim and lace-up boots, woman wearing reindeer fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks]
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.005.46
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in fur parka with geometric trim near bottom hem standing outside midwinter; parka likely reindeer fur]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Parka, Fur, Elaborate, Reindeer, Hide, Pelt, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Outside, Winter, Snow, Outerwear, Clothing, Mukluks
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.30
[Indigenous Alaskan man standing on doorstep wearing dark fur parka with geometric trim and fur mukluks, parka likely made from reindeer hide]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Man, Doorway, Doorframe, Door, Building, Parka, Fur, Reindeer, Hide, Skin, Geometric trim, Trim, Mukluks, Clothing, Outerwear, Footwear
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.007.1
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim and mukluks posed outdoors with young child wearing parka, mukluks, and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, children, footwear
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.47
[Alaska Native woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim holding infant, standing outdoors in winter in front of house, church tower in background]
Keywords: residences, clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.89
[Alaska Native man and woman posed outdoors, woman wearing mukluks and spotted reindeer fur parka with geometric trim including swastikas over print dress, man wearing cloth parka with fur trim and mukluks]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.102
[two Alaska Native men and woman seated outside wooden building, men wearing Western style clothing, woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2019.003.118
School teacher with parka on, ready for a 20 mile trip by dog team [woman wearing fur parka with geometric trim standing with sled and dog team in harness]
Collection: B2019.003
B2022.005.92
[Two Indigenous Alaskan young women wearing Inupiaq-style fur parkas and mukluks with geometric trim and large fur ruffs; fur likely reindeer/caribou. Girls are standing against exterior door midwinter]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Women, Young women, Girls, Parka, Mukluks, Fur, Reindeer, Caribou, Inupiaq, Inupiat, Geometric trim, Trim, Decoration, Fur ruff, Door, Exterior, Building, Structure, Winter, Snow
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2210.61
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man wearing glasses and white fur parka with dark hood roots, geometric design and fur trim along bottom, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2187.2
Lomen Bros. Nome #19 [Native woman wearing Western-style skirt and boots and parka with fur trim and geometric decoration, with braided hair and loop earrings, carrying small child on her back in a hide bag]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.141
[two women and young girl outdoors in winter in sparsely wooded area, one woman wearing fur parka with geometric decoration, woman with back to camera and young girl wearing print parkas with fur trim]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2017.024.2395
Kotzebue, November 1969 [woman poses in fur parka with sunburst ruff and geometric trim; structure with boarded windows in background; snow. At AFN 2022, individual identified as Belle Sours wearing a ground squirrel parka]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Kotzebue, Parka, Ground quirrel, Belle Sours
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2210.42
E-64 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women, one wearing printed parka with fur trim, the other wearing a fur parka with geometric decoration, standing outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.49
E-72 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women, one wearing printed parka with fur trim, the other wearing a fur parka with geometric decoration, standing outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.51
E-74 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women, one wearing printed parka with fur trim, the other wearing a fur parka with geometric decoration, standing outside, mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.037a
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [two people, likely women, look away showing back views of fur parkas with geometric trim; mukluks, small trees, possibly river in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2019.003.016
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Parka and gloves [young woman wearing embroidered mittens and parka with geometric trim and fur ruff crouching in snow next to building] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Parka, Embroidered parka, Mittens, Embroidered mittens, Fur ruff parka, Fur ruff, Young woman, Woman crouching
Collection: B2019.003
B2018.023.037b
Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: two people, likely women, look away showing back views of fur parkas with geometric trim; mukluks, small trees, possibly river in distance; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1998.014.1.1130
O19 Johnny Allan [sic], winner of manny [sic] Alaskan Dog Derbys [sic]; 1946 postcard) (Johnny Allen, musher, poses at dog sled runners; fur hat; mukluks with geometric trim including swastikas, ice palace in background; Fairbanks; winter]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.007.4
[group portrait of Alaska Native family, with elder woman, mother, and two children posed outdoors, elder wearing spotted reindeer fur parka, mother wearing squirrel fur parka with geometric trim, older child wearing fur parka, younger child wearing cloth parka]
Keywords: clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007