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B2019.019.IB10-11
Umiak (Seal Skin Boat), 1982
Keywords: Mindel, Irving Mindel Sr., Irving Nelson Mindel Sr., 1980s, Umiaks, Boats
Collection: B2019.019 Irving Mindel Sr. Slides
B2022.005.22
[Two Indigenous Alaskan men at bow of beached skin boat; seal carcasses in boat]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Men, Boat, Skin boat, Transportation, Seal, Carcass, Harvest, Hunter, Hunters, Bow, Watercraft, Winter, Snow, Parka, Oar, Paddle, Equipment
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.103
[Group of Indigenous Alaskans in skin boat, including women and infants; seal skin float near aft]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Women, Infants, Babies, Boat, Skin boat, Watercraft, Transportation, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Water, Travel, Seal, Seal float, Float, Group
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2022.005.102
[Group of Indigenous Alaskans in skin boat; seal float at right near aft]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, People, Boat, Skin boat, Watercraft, Transportation, Parka, Clothing, Outerwear, Water, Travel, Seal, Seal float, Float, Group
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1985.027.2527
Originally in B8 F161. Wien Eskimos. Skin boats (Kotz.). 8 x 10 negative.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1985.027.2526
Originally in B8 F161. Wien Eskimos. Skin boats. 8 x 10 negative. Severe vinegar syndrome.
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.1479
46. A trappers catch on the line. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [skins or meat hanging from line in camp in winter, canvas-covered boat at right]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.004.05617
Cutting way through the broken ice so Eskimos can get their skin boat to sea. Point Hope. Photographer's number: 05617. Stamp: 06 20 1968. Pro Pix.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1997.019.12full
... a line of graphite around the skin boat as a protection against evil spirits. After patrolling Bering Straits with several other crews and seeing no whales they camp on the shote ice, sleep and
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1995.019.190
Natives carving ivory in Nome, A.A.A. Using skin boat for house. Copyright 1905 by Lomen Bros. Nome #24. [hand colored, four Native men sitting, carving, beach]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B2018.023.022a
Alaska SS Co. [Alaska Steamship Company; two men, wearing parkas, gloves pose with walrus heads; one uses a knife; skin boat in background; snow; ice; water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1996.009.04full
Seal skins filled with air are used as rollers under the boat as it is taken over the rough ice hummocks to the open waters of Bering Straits. They are then made fast to the thong attached to harpoon point and used as buoys to the dead whale.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2017.024.3471
Alaska - Eskimo oomiak or skin boat frame before cover w/walrus; c. 1986 [village scene; dogs tied to umiak frame in foreground; people gathered, children playing in water; structures; homes; clothesline; summer]
Collection: B2017.024
B2018.023.022b
Alaska SS Co. [verso of slide: Alaska Steamship Company; two men, wearing parkas, gloves pose with walrus heads; one uses a knife; skin boat in background; snow; ice; water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1970.028.018
Eskimo dance, Lomen Bros. Nome #3, This Eskimo is acting out a story in a dance. Notice the queer flat drums [Men with skin drums are seated against a boat while another man in furs is dancing. Man and children are watching]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1997.019.12
a line of graphite around the skin boat as a protection against evil spirits-After patrolling Bering Straits with several other crews and seeing no whales they camp on the shore ice sleep and perhaps dream of a 70 foot whale caught by the crew of the Alexander between the Diomede Islands
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection