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B1989.016.2234
[young woman with headscarf, pierced nose, and beaded labret]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.004.30.11
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing beaded headband]
Collection: B2016.004
B1989.016.2331
[painting of Alaska Native man in parka with beaded ties. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.046.49
Savoonga (Lee’s) [portrait of Alaska Native girl with beads in braided hair]
Collection: B1991.046
B2017.029.2351
[boy wearing headdress and beaded vest drumming; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.2041.1
[text of advertisement, "Da-Lite Beaded Screens for movies slides $995 30x40 on stand"]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2041.2
[text of advertisement, "Da-Lite Beaded Screens for movies slides $995 30x40 on stand"]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2235
[Alaska Native woman with headdress, beaded necklaces, parka with fur ruff. cf. .1455.3]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.2197
Haines [young boy wearing beaded tunic and headband; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2349
[young man wearing headdress and beaded vest drumming; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2350
[young man wearing headdress and beaded vest dancing with fans; print date Oct 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2198
[woman wearing beaded headband and tunic, holding button blanket, Haines; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.1910
[young girl wearing beaded mukluks and fur trimmed coveralls standing outdoors; print date Jun 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1455.1
43. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Alaska Native woman with beaded headdress, lip and nose piercings. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.2969
Margaret, Savoonga [portrait of woman wearing beaded decoration in braided hair, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.029.2969
Margaret, Savoonga [portrait of woman wearing beaded decoration in braided hair, Native Spirit Festival; print date Jun 84]
Collection: B2017.029
B1989.016.1455.2
43. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Alaska Native woman with fur and bead headdress, lip and nose piercings. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1455.2.edit
43. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [Alaska Native woman with fur and bead headdress, lip and nose piercings. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2151.3
Copyright 1904 by B.B. Dobbs, 192 (Nome) [portrait of Eskimo youth with braided hair, chin tattooing, beaded necklace and fur parka]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.543
No. 86. Eskimo bead workers. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [caption printed on negative backwards, or, printed correctly on emulsion side]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.46
[two Alaska Native women wearing print parkas and Athapascan style beaded mittens posed next to wood-shingle and tarpaper building]
Keywords: residences, clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B2016.004.30.3
AFN, Wainwright, dancing, 8010251 [dancer wearing beaded headband. At AFN 2022, dancer identified as possibly being from Kaltag or Nulato area]
Collection: B2016.004
B2022.005.40
[Indigenous Alaskan girl and young woman seated on either side of breastfeeding mother; fur parka likely reindeer; mother and girl wearing beaded jewelry]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Child, Girl, Young woman, Woman, Mother, Toddler, Family, Breastfeeding, Parka, Reindeer, Fur, Hide, Mukluks, Seated, Clothing, Footwear, Jewelry, Beadwork, Beads, Necklace, Bracelet
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.2261.1
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.2
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.3
[group portrait of Southeast Alaskan Natives in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, masks and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
B2019.007.642
Togiak, 1991; photographer number 2-T22-13 [Grass harvesting; person arranging dried grass in bundles o plywood floor; beaded bracelets]
Collection: B2019.007
B1980.050.29
The Merrill Studio, Sitka, Alaska [Sitka Potlatch 1904 (Dec). Tlingit men in regalia, including Raven crest hats, speaker's staff, and beaded moccasin-pants.]
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1989.016.1455.3
44. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [three Alaska Native women in regalia, with fur and bead headdress, two with lip and nose piercings. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2261.4
[group portrait of four Southeast Alaskan Native men in ceremonial dress, including Chilkat robes, headdresses, and beaded tunics, probably Tlingit. positive transparency. copy]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.007.21
[Alaska Native woman and two children posed outdoors, woman wearing parka and Athapascan style beaded mittens, young girl wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2022.002.34
Cal Williams speaking with Alaska Public Media [Cal Williams wearing kente cloth hat and wooden beads, doing interview on local public television station]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Alaska Public Media, Television, Interviews
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2014.013.15
[man with mustache wearing vest, jacket, beaded moccasins, and brimmed hat standing next to plate of potatoes set on wooden crate, log cabins in background, Knik? Cf. .14]
Keywords: clothing, agriculture, residences
Collection: B2014.013
B2018.023.145a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman wearing buckskin dress, beaded headband and necklaces poses on a rock looking at the water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.146a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [woman and man wearing buckskin clothing, headdresses of beads and feathers, necklaces, belts pose for portrait; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2046.6
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska (Early Alaska Pilots, McGee and Star Airways) [man in fur hat, caribou fur parka and Athabascan beaded mittens standing in front of airplane in winter]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2018.023.145b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: woman wearing buckskin dress, beaded headband and necklaces poses on a rock looking at the water; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.014.116.6
[Alaska Native man wearing coveralls and beaded moccasins standing on ladder to fish drying rack, two women wearing headscarves seated on platform inside drying rack cleaning salmon, Russian Mission]
Keywords: clothing, fishing, ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.11
Bill O'Brien, trapper, Fort Yukon, 1934 [portrait of man wearing broad-brimmed hat and suspenders, standing outside at town auction next to woman wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.146b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle [verso of slide: woman and man wearing buckskin clothing, headdresses of beads and feathers, necklaces, belts pose for portrait; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1995.014.54.12
Auction sale after a town member's death, Fort Yukon, 1934 [white and Athabascan men and women standing outdoors, trapper Bill O'Brien at right, woman in center wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt, Yukon River in background]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.54.17
Auction sale after a town member's death, Fort Yukon, 1934 [Athabascan men, women, and children standing outdoors, girl in center eating apple, woman at right wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt, Yukon River in background]
Keywords: clothing, food
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.12
[group portrait of Alaska Native family, with father, mother, and two children posed outdoors next to log cabin, woman wearing Athapascan style beaded mittens and parka, children wearing parkas, man wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.112
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background]
Keywords: clothing, cameras, photography
Collection: B2015.007
B1970.028.024
Kingickamute Tom-Tom players in ceremonial costume. Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, Eskimo of Alaska, Lomen Bros. #190, The Eskimo men punch holes through their lower lips and insert ivory buttons which are inlaid with colored beads [two male drummers wearing headdresses and labrets]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1998.014.1.1275
O78 Polet's at Nome, Alaska (Polet Store) [interior view of man wearing visor at sales counter showing beaded fur footwear to serviceman, TechnicianThird Grade insignia; sign of wall for "Eben the crane" book by Alma Savage, published in 1944; sign: "Alaskan Husky Barometer; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.063.1.1
[Group portrait of seven Athabaskan men seated, 6 in beaded and fringed coats, named (l to r)]Chief Alexander of Tolovana, Chief William of Tanana, Chief Thomas of Nenana, Paul Williams, Tanana; Chief Evan of Coskaket, Chief Charlie of Mintu [Minto], Chief Alexander William of Tanana. copy neg]
Collection: B2013.063
B2015.007.152
[two Alaska Native men posed outdoors, one man wearing Western style clothing and driving cap and holding camera case, one man wearing fur pants and suit coat and holding Athapascan style beaded mittens, buildings in background. Man on right same as man on right in.112]
Keywords: clothing, photography, cameras
Collection: B2015.007