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B1990.014.004.animals.24.Jun91.037
Reindeer: rangifer tarandus. note ear coding on female.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B1990.014.2018.1.95.002
35-2 McMillan children [portait of child, possibly earing cookie; January 1940; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.95.002
35-2 McMillan children [portait of child, possibly earing cookie; January 1940; likely Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1998.014.1.2510
"Construction site & men" [man wearing winter cap with ear flaps and neck flap]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.2509
"Construction site & men" [side view of man wearing winter cap with ear flaps and neck flap]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1311c
(O92 "Your sad story touched my heart") [black bear altered image with large ear outline, added grass, possibly a composite; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.929
[man seated on tree stump next to cabin in winter, holding hatchet, wearing canvas
parka with fur trim and fur hat with ear flaps]
Keywords: cabin, winter, prospector, hachet, fur hat
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.2511
"Construction site & men" [worker wearing winter cap with ear flaps, insulated face mask, mittens, parka sits next to JOY equipment]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2022.001.107
Photocopy of Anchorage Daily News Alaska Ear section, incident involving Mayfield Evans at Korean War Veterans Association Memorial Day event [Condition Note: Paper crinkled, stains on back]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Anchorage Daily News, Newspaper, Publication, Newslipping, Alaska Ear, Alaska Ear section, Incident, Korean War Veterans Association, Memorial Day, Event, Gathering, Berkeley Ide, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Barack Obama, Politician, Leader, Presidential, Offensive, U.S. Senators, Congressman, Don Young, Vietnam Veteran, Vet, Veteran, Apology, Apologized
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans 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
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
B2019.003.038
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Mrs. Es. [woman wearing dentalium necklace and earring standing next to hide wrapped around tripod, possibly smoking hide, building in background] [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, Indigenous, Indigenous woman, Dentalium necklace, Dentalium jewelry, Hide, Smoking hide, Hide preparation
Collection: B2019.003
B2015.008.928
[two men standing outside log cabin in winter, one man holding rifle, one man
holding hatchet, rifle propped against wall, icicles hanging from eave. 2 copies]
.929 – [man seated on tree stump next to cabin in winter, holding hatchet, wearing canvas
parka with fur trim and fur hat with ear flaps]
Keywords: cabin, winter, hachet
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.928b
[two men standing outside log cabin in winter, one man holding rifle, one man
holding hatchet, rifle propped against wall, icicles hanging from eave. 2 copies]
.929 – [man seated on tree stump next to cabin in winter, holding hatchet, wearing canvas
parka with fur trim and fur hat with ear flaps]
Keywords: cabin, winter, prospector
Collection: B2015.008