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B1998.027.2.366
Meat cellars, drying meat [close-up of meat]
Collection: B1998.027 Watrous / B1998_027 Watrous Nitrate negs
B1990.014.5.Science.13.29
Meat in ice cellar. Permafrost. 8 1974.
Keywords: food, ethnotechnology, cold
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Science
B2016.004.23.31
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people cutting meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.36
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people hauling meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.41
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people hauling meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.9
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [people cutting meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.23.7
Barrow, Whaling, May 1981 [woman carrying pan of meat]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B1996.009.23full
The women use the man's hunting sled to haul the whale meat to the meat cellars in the village, usually a mile from the place where the whale is landed.
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
B2016.004.357
[people hauling meat on ice; print date Jun 81]
Keywords: hunting, food
Collection: B2016.004
B1997.019.03full
He suspends them over his meat cellar. He puts labret in his mouth, acting host to the whole village who calls to be served with a piece of whale meat last caught by him.
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1993.020.558
Moose meat [floats from airplane visible; print date Sep 59]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2016.004.21.6
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [boy pulling meat across snow]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.9
[people lined up outside of Captain Roxy Oyaguk’s house for meat]
Collection: B2016.004
B1997.019.23full
stones around their necks. One cuts a hole in the whales stomach, gets in and cuts away enough blubber and meat so others may get in to help carve and throw the meat to the women
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1983.091.S1564.C6
Nunivak Island trip, reindeer (Loading meat on plane) 8/25/54 45 negs
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4077.6
Anaktuvuk Pass Trip (Hanging caribou meat to dry.) 1963 (226 negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2006.023.6420.jpg
Dogs and Joee Redington pulling meat up hill. Dog food sources.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6420
Dogs and Joee Redington pulling meat up hill. Dog food sources.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2017.024.2063
King Island, copyright 1986 [two women sit on snow processing meat]
Collection: B2017.024
B2022.005.155
[Person appears to be processing seal skin and meat; outboard motor and buckets nearby]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Person, Individual, Processing, Food, Subsistence, Seal, Skin, Meat, Harvest, Outboard, Motor, Buckets, Knife, Boots, Coat, Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear, Tools
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2000.017.025
[pile of cut whale meat on tundra, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2000.017.32
[woman cutting whale meat on tundra, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2013.066.116
13. Whaling feast at Point Hope, Alaska. Distribution of meat by successful whaling captain
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2013.066
B2016.004.21.10
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.11
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.12
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.13
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.14
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.15
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.16
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.17
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.21.18
Barrow, Whaling, Whale Feast, May 1981 [people eating whale meat at captain’s house]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.345
[two men hauling whale meat from ice edge; print date Jun 81]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2016.004
B2000.017.033
[close-up of whale meat being cut, Point Hope; print date Jun 72]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2016.004.594
(Martha Krukoff St Paul Pribilof AK){woman in kitchen sitting at table with large bowl of meat}
Keywords: food, cooking, kitchen, blender
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.004.355
[man hauling meat to pile, people standing around tent in background; print date Jun 81]
Keywords: hunting, food
Collection: B2016.004
B2017.029.1926
[woman sitting on steps of house, with all-terrain vehicles, meat on drying racks; print date Jul 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B1997.019.20full
The captain puts on his pendant made of pieces of whale meat sewed in pieces of seal skin, the whole village hurries to the
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B1998.014.1.557
E3 Moose steak! "1938" [woman wearing headscarf, fur collar, holding meat. Cabin, snow in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
b2015.027.173
Native going home with his seal meat [Aleut man pushing wheelbarrow full of seal carcasses, buildings in background]
Keywords: hunting, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2015.027
B1974.001.09
Indians selling moose meat in Dawson, [man at left identified as] A. Cane [Group of men standing outside log cabin with signs for “Provisions Bought & Sold,” “Fresh Bread Rolls & Pies Every Day,” “Bakery”, sled loaded with meat in center]
Collection: B1974.001 Martin
B2015.008.753
335.8. Barrett’s Jack, Dan Creek [man standing in river valley, holding meat up for dog.
Proof print]
Keywords: dog, man, treat
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.64
(Anchorage_Business_Dads Grocery)(At Dads Grocery showing customer at meat counter)(Lou Marek behind case)(4th Ave at N st NE corner)
Keywords: grocery, food, commerce, shopping
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B2017.024.2064
King Island. Copyright 1986. Photographer's number: 01403 [women using ulus to cut walrus meat on stone on ice, 1960s]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.2330
Kotzebue, June 1967 "beluga whale butchering" [women process beluga meat at table on beach; ulus; shore ice; water]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus.29.07
(Anchorage_Business_Alaska Seed Co)(Fountaines shown with Tyler Cabinet at the rendezvous parade of industry Alaska Seed Co meat display case with whole pig)
Keywords: grocery, commerce
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Bus
B2017.024.2392
Kotzebue, May 1969 [woman prepares meat outside using ulu as three children gather around; snow; metal tray; cutting board]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1250.2
Eskimo hauling reindeer meat to market, Nome, Alaska. Lomen Bros., #885. 47. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection