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B1990.014.4.Animals.25.3550
[Fur Seal Skins in Barrels]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2011.013.10
Skinning Fur Seals on St Paul Island Alaska[numerous alaska natives engaged skinning multiple fur seals already dead on the ground]
Keywords: fur, industry, harvest
Collection: B2011.013
B1990.014.4.Animals.25.26452
A bull Fur Seal Beachmaster Callorhinus Alascanus Pribilof Islands Alaska USA
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2008.004.027
Another view of killing and skinning them. Skinning of the seals after killing by crew of the ship [shows men salting the fur of seals during a seal harvest. Location is probably St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs]
Collection: B2008.004 Bjorkman Collection
B2016.004.613
(Pribilof Islands seals_immature males){immature male fur seals rounded up into culling groups watched over by a lone native alaskan holding a killing stick}
Keywords: fur seal, pribilof island, hunting, harvest
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.613
(Pribilof Islands seals_immature males){immature male fur seals rounded up into culling groups watched over by a lone native alaskan holding a killing stick}
Keywords: fur seal, pribilof island, hunting, harvest
Collection: B2016.004
B1990.014.4.Animals.25.17111
Bull Fur Seal take up harem areas prior to ARR Females Calarhinus Alacanus
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1991.011.580
Newtok [Two people pose in front of metal clad strucutre; woman wears seal fur parka]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.4.Animals.25.37642
Adult & Sub Adult Male Fur Seal Callorhinus Alascanus St. Paul Village Pribilof Isl.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1989.016.2074.2
(Opening Day, Fur Rendezvous, 1954, 2A) [crowd gathered to watch blanket toss, man jumping with seal poke]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.58
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur-trimmed printed parka and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.59
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur-trimmed printed parka and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.60
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka with geometric design and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.62
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women in parkas, one fur, one printed with fur trim, standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson? in middle, mountains in background]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1870.1a
(Eskimo man and seal, made from 35mm color slide) [man in hat with ear flaps, fur-trimmed parka and mukluks holding rope attached hook embedded in seal carcass, sled visible in foreground. color neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1870.1b
(Eskimo man and seal, made from 35mm color slide) [man in hat with ear flaps, fur-trimmed parka and mukluks holding rope attached hook embedded in seal carcass, sled visible in foreground. copy neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.024.1046
Jan71P7 16034 Barrow [man wearing parka with fur trim, walrus design; drummers and singers in background; wall decorated with painting of polar bear with seal, dogs, person; stuffed seal and animal skull above painting]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Drum, Drummers, Parka
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2210.32
E-49 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka, kuspuk, and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.35
E-52 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur-trimmed parka and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.016.1908
Little Diomede [man wearing white rabbit fur parka posed with rifle, seal float, harpoon, and oomiak on beach, probably Nome]
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology, clothing
Collection: B2014.016
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
B1989.016.2210.33
E-50B (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka with geometric decoration and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.016.1906
Little Diomede [man wearing white rabbit fur parka posed with rifle, two seal floats, harpoon, and oomiak on beach, probably Nome]
Keywords: hunting, clothing, ethnotechnology, boats
Collection: B2014.016
B1989.016.2210.28
E-45 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas, one wearing fur mukluks and skin gloves, the other Western-style pants and shoes, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2141.52
D-70 [man in light-colored fur parka with geometric decoration holding seal skin parka with geometric decoration, standing in front of large building]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B1989.016.2210.29
E-46 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [young man in fur hat, kuspuk, skin gloves and mukluks, standing outdoors]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.30
E-47 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [young man in fur parka and mukluks, holding skin gloves, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.31
E-48 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two women in fur parkas and mukluks, holding skin drum, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2127.4
48. Esquimo seal hunter. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [man in bow of boat holding harpoon, wearing fur parka and smoking pipe. copy neg]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.39
E-58 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.50
E-73 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man and woman, woman wearing printed parka with fur trim, man wearing a fur parka and Western-style pants and shoes, standing outside, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.011.056
Packed seal skins for shipment to Fouke Fur Co. in St. Louis [wooden barrel with Diamond G symbol, stencil reading “47 skins, from U.S. Bur. Fisheries to Fouke Fur Co. St. Louis Mo.” Print only; 1938; St George]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B1989.016.2210.34
E-50-C (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [woman in fur parka with geometric decoration, headdress, and mukluks, holding skin drum, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear, musical instruments
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.076.2
[Inupiaq man wearing fur parka, mukluks, and snowshoes carrying harpoon and pulling seal carcass, standing with Inupiaq woman wearing fabirc parka and mukluks on tundra, Teller, circa 1952]
Collection: B2013.076
B1991.011.538
Newtok; split oil barrels on outside of house to protect weathering of the frame dwelling; 11/66 [man, woman, and infant pose in front of metal-clad structure; parka; seal fur infant parka]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.024.1047
Jan71P7 #16031 Barrow [Inupiat men and women wearing fur trimmed parkas, mukluks play drums, sing; painting of polar bear, seal, person, dogs; drum and whale baleen on wall]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Drum, Drummers, Parka, Baleen
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2210.56
E-62 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.2.14
Willow and people [pilot standing on ice with two women, one wearing Western style dress, one wearing short seal skin fur parka, village and mountain in background. same man as in B95.14.2.13]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2141.25
D-29 [group posed outdoors, with utility pole and lines overhead, woman in fur parka holding camera, young man in fur parka and mittens with hands on shoulders of young boy wearing seal skin parka and goggles and carrying camera case, young girl wearing kuspuk and knitted cap]
Keywords: clothing, communications
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.36
E-53. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska, E-53 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [group portrait of four women: two women in fur-trimmed parkas and mukluks, two women in fur parkas and mukluks, all wearing feather headdresses, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing, footwear
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.57
E-61 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [two men in fur parkas and Western-style pants and shoes standing outside, Mrs. Bjornson in middle, mountains in background. neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2210.8
E-28 (Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [women and men in fur parkas and feather headdresses dancing outdoors, with box drum suspended from tree branch, Eklutna Vocational School students]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2002.019.915J
Fred & Sara & pups, summer [from verso] Pub 81 [man kneelling on one knee in snow wearing seal fur parka, pants, and mukluks photographs sled dogs; sled in center; Fred Machetanz]
Collection: B2002.019