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B2006.023.7200.jpg
[Label text for a Peter Toth carving]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
TV.202.2
(Senumcetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving soapstone)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.2a
(Senumcetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving soapstone)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.2b
(Senumcetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving soapstone)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1998.014.1.1249
(O62 Ketchikan, anchient carvings on rock) [same as .1248]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.6919.jpg
Pana-Vue S0304. Eskimos of Alaska. Carving ivory.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2015.008.728
[George carving tree stump “pulpit” while preacher leafs through Bible]
Keywords: wedding
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.724.1
Mr. Lee, teacher of ivory carving [man in workshop, Eklutna Vocational School?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.724.2
Mr. Lee, teacher of ivory carving [man in workshop, Eklutna Vocational School?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.724.3
Mr. Lee, teacher of ivory carving [man in workshop, Eklutna Vocational School?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.019.190
Natives carving ivory in Nome, A.A.A. Using skin boat for house. Copyright 1905 by Lomen Bros. Nome #24. [hand colored, four Native men sitting, carving, beach]
Collection: B1995.019 John D_ (Jack) Urban Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.194.006
62-6 close up of totems [carved bird and nest; likely Saxman; February 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1996.009.20full
He carves out the blubber, saves the blood and the old woman care for these. The most valuable part of course is
Collection: B1996.009 McBride Collection
TV.202.6.1
Ron Senungetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving in soapstone at Wainwright, Program of University of Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.6.3
Ron Senungetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving in soapstone at Wainwright, Program of University of Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.6.4
Ron Senungetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving in soapstone at Wainwright, Program of University of Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.6.5
Ron Senungetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving in soapstone at Wainwright, Program of University of Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.6.6a
Ron Senungetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving in soapstone at Wainwright, Program of University of Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
TV.202.6.6b
Ron Senungetuk teaches Wainwright Eskimo art of carving in soapstone at Wainwright, Program of University of Alaska
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2017.024.2118
King Island, copyright 1986 [man carving wood with handmade adze; beach; structures in distance]
Collection: B2017.024
B1983.091.S4706.117
Gambell St. Lawrence Island Village People Airport Whaling Ivory Carving (4/1969) (215 Negs)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
TV.202.3.2
(R)(Senungatuk of U of ALaska)(L)(Weir Negovanna who is carving in bone rather than ivory as he is more expert in replicating walrus in that media, Wainwright)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B2017.029.1932
[Alaska Native man holding up two ivory carvings of birds; print date Jul 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B2014.002.1352
S0301. Eskimo crafts. Drilling ivory tusks. Pana-Vue Slide
Keywords: carving
Collection: B2014.002
B2014.016.1899
Kotzebue, visiting Little Diomed Eskimo showing ivory carving, 18 months service in World War II [Alaska Native man in military uniform sitting under umiak and using chin drill to carve ivory, open box of tools at his feet]
Keywords: clothing, military, carving, boats, ethnotechnology
Collection: B2014.016
B1980.050.19
(4x5 copy neg)(41){Native man standing on board walk dressed in traditional clothes holding an ornate staff and carved bird}
Keywords: traditional dress, native man
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
B1998.014.1.2209
glacier buzzard eating ice worm [wit and humor; carved buzzard posed on ice with object in beak; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.6833.jpg
[Ivory carving of dog team with musher, labeled Joe Redington Sr. Father of Iditarod Race, Knik Kennels 1948]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B2006.023.6833
[Ivory carving of dog team with musher, labeled Joe Redington Sr. Father of Iditarod Race, Knik Kennels 1948]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1975.175.674
Alaska - Indian Hydaburg. Wallace, man who carved totem pole at entrance to Secrectary Ickes' office. 1938 Ray B. Dame
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B2015.008.726
325.5. To mark the spot. 7.8.16, McCarthy, Alaska [tree stumped carved with heart and
cross for Keen-Handy wedding. Proof print]
Keywords: wedding
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.024.2139
Prop. of Van Cleve Photography; Evanston, IL [boy uses adze to carve wood; camp stove; canvas tarps; duffle bag]
Collection: B2017.024
B1964.001.555
(30' feet of snow){two men standing, one on the shoulder of the other, in front of a tunnel next to a 30 foot snow berm carved out by snow plow}
Keywords: winter, tunnel, snow, train tracks, transportation
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1970.028.173
A modern whaling station in the Aleutians. Now taken over by the Army. This was a Norwegian whaling station. Not active. [Men carve whale blubber in front of commercial processing facility]
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
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
B2014.016.1931
Nome. Lady tourist at sales and workshop oomiak - ten men work under oomiak carving ivory and making mukluks [woman standing next to three umiaks on racks]
Keywords: boats, transportation, ethnotechnology, tourism
Collection: B2014.016
B2017.024.3355
June 1971 [likely Savoonga; spring breakup scene; men standing and sitting near doorway of structure; man carving tusk; children, snow, laundry on clothesline; snowmanchines; dog]
Collection: B2017.024
B2017.024.3355
June 1971 [likely Savoonga; spring breakup scene; men standing and sitting near doorway of structure; man carving tusk; children, snow, laundry on clothesline; snowmanchines; dog]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.2058.27
Alaska, Season's Greetings (Christmas Cards 1939) [Christmas card mat with sketch of cache and holly leaves, with photograph of student carving at workbench, Eklutna Vocational School. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.019.467
King Island ivory carvers. c. Robinson Studio, Anchorage [Alaska Native men and boys standing and sitting near umiak on rack on beach, pieces of carved ivory on crates]
Keywords: boats
Collection: B2014.019
B1971.071.57
Ketchikan, Alaska Chief Johnson's (Kadjuk) Totem pole - of the Kadjuk House of the Raven Clan. Carved and erected in 1901 by Chief Johnson. Community house with crest whale design later built.
Collection: B1971.071 Alice Butler
B1990.014.2018.1.82.006
29-6; view & scenery from top of mountain [view of water, islands; Tongass Narrows; weathered trees in foreground, some with initials carved into bark: JS; C; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.82.006
29-6; view & scenery from top of mountain [view of water, islands; Tongass Narrows; weathered trees in foreground, some with initials carved into bark: JS; C; near Ketchikan; 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2058.24
Alaska, Season's Greetings (Christmas Cards 1939, Mr. Lee) [Christmas card mat with sketch of cache and holly leaves, with photograph of man carving at workbench, Eklutna Vocational School. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.4409
[Clarissa and dog posed with cedar canoe under construction, canoe commissioned in the late 1960s by the Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, and carved by George Benson, Herman Kitka and Andrew Hope? print date Jul 67]
Collection: B1995.010