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B2006.023.6590.jpg
[skinning bear]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1983.091.S3425.121
4/62 (334 negs) Peter Britch (Skinning beaver and processing skins)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S3425.135
4/62 (334 negs) Peter Britch (Skinning beaver and processing skins)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S3425.137
4/62 (334 negs) Peter Britch (Skinning beaver and processing skins)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S3425.142
4/62 (334 negs) Peter Britch (Skinning beaver and processing skins)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S3425.146
4/62 (334 negs) Peter Britch (Skinning beaver and processing skins)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1990.014.4.Animals.25.3550
[Fur Seal Skins in Barrels]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1965.018.44
(Alaska Eskimo in her seal skins )
Keywords: native alaskan woman
Collection: B1965.018 Fred Henton
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
B2010.023.344
(Barter Island -skins drying)(From N Chance 4-147)[Barter Island community with skins dying on the ground]
Collection: B2010.023
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
B1989.016.1585.1
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1585.2
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1585.3
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1586
(Beaver Skins) [dried animal pelts on wall]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.4541.jpg
[Caribou skin penis sheath for sled dog]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B2006.023.4611.jpg
[Caribou skin penis sheath for sled dog]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
b2015.027.27
[men and boys in field clubbing or skinning seals]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B2015.027
B1985.027.1230
(Wein; Destinations; Gambell)(Charles and Amy Slwooko of Gamble wearing seal skin water parkas and seal skin mukluks)
Keywords: native alaskan, Gambell
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B2001.036.552
[print and original negative] Cathy Attla working skin, Huslia, AK, 10-81 [woman with animal skin]
Collection: B2001.036 Martha Quimby
B2016.04.625
“Pullers” skinning the seal, Pribilof Is., AK [men pulling skins off seal carcasses; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1995.014.118.4
Anisum Belkoff [man seated on logs piled on river shore stretching skin over wooden form, Russian Mission]
Keywords: skin preparation
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.066.482
[woman skinning seal, probably Pedro Bay, 1960s]
Keywords: hunting, food, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2013.066
B1995.014.24.2
Skinning muskrats, R. M. Belhoff, Anisum[?] [man wearing apron seated on logs, possibly working skins, river in background]
Keywords: hunting, clothing, food
Collection: B1995.014
B1996.035.2.1096to1097
.1096—Hansen & Woodall in front of the Kitten [PBY], 12/7/46 .1097—Gloadowski with fox skins at Naknek. The skins worth $25.00 a piece. 4/19/47
Collection: B1996.035 Adak Historical Society / B1996_035_2_B6_F2_Kirby_Album
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
B2016.04.636
Throwing the seal skins into the truck, Pribilof Is., AK [group of men next to truck, one skin airborne; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B2016.04.635
Throwing the seal skins into the truck, Pribilof Is., AK [group of men next to truck, one man carrying two skins; print date Jul 84]
Collection: B2016.004
B1983.091.S4827.115
Anaktuvuk Pass trip, 5/70 [boy posed on caribou skin outside]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.2141.22
D-23 [Alaska Native woman sitting indoors, sewing skin]
Keywords: crafts
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
TV.202.3.4
(Mrs Weir Negoranna of Wainwright expert skin sewer in their summer tent)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2000.014.741
(741)(Alfred Grant with bunch of fox skins Tanana April 9 1917)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2016.006.2630
[skins on drying racks next to Quonset hut, metal barrels on ground]
Collection: B2016.006
B1995.019.608
Preparing to skin a two ton polar bear [two men on either side of bear]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1997.019.22full
The crew put on waterproof suits of seal skin, sharpen their knives, tie their whet
Collection: B1997.019 Wright Collection
B2010.023.613a
(fig 103)(Elderly man wearing squirrel skin parka and sealskin pants 1937)
Keywords: alaska native
Collection: B2010.023
B2014.002.1501
JH1261. Arctic Alaska. Skin drum, Alaska Airlines. Pana-Vue Slide
Collection: B2014.002