Allakaket & Alatna: Images

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image thumbnail Billy and Ceza Bergman. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Billy and Ceza Bergman. Taken in Allakaket in the early 1950's (Billy Bergman died in 1955) by an unknown photographer. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Birch Bark Basket Small birch bark container; good condition; rim rod; lashed and sewn with roots; 6" x 8". Ethnology;
image thumbnail Birthday party for Stella. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. The Nictune sisters: Stella Hamilton, Betty Fleagle, Anne Edwards, Bertha Moses, Kitty David, and Elma Sam. Two children are Harding and Clara Sam with David David standing in the background. Taken June 30, 1956 at a birthday party for Stella at Wilfred Evans' house in Allakaket by Jean Stevens on Bertha Moses' camera. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Birthday party for Stella. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. The Nictune sisters in order from oldest to the youngest: Elma Sam, Anne Edwards, Bertha Moses, Kitty David, Betty Fleagle, and Stella Hamilton. Taken at the same time and place as Photo 16 by the same person. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Bishop Rowe with Delatuck and Maggie Bishop Rowe photographed with Delatuck, an Kobuk Eskimo, and Maggie, an Athabascan Indian (Koyukuk). Walter and Lillian Phillips Photograph Collection
image thumbnail Boatbuilding in Alatna. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Boatbuilding in Alatna in 1949. Cora Moses, Wallace Nictune, Richard Napoleon, Oscar Nictune, Elma Sam, Frank Sam (partially hidden), and Jimmy Edward. They are putting the sideboards on. Some people are holding the board in place while it is nailed on. Photo by Johnson Moses. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Caribou Boots High-knee caribou boots with a strip of beaver fur along the top of the boots. These boots have soft soles probably caribou skin. The draw string at the top of the boots is probably caribou skin with blue and white yarn ends. There are two strips of caribou skin along the sides of the boots in order to tighten around the ankles. These boots are stitched with cotton thread and dental floss. A commercial textile lines the inside of the boots.<br><br>Donated by Dinah Larsen, these boots were made for her by a woman from Allakaket in 1967. ! 11/12/2009: According to Elders, the boots are made from fall caribou, as indicated by the short hair and thick skin. This is the best time to get skins for boots as the shorter hair is more durable for boots. AJL! Ethnology;
image thumbnail Ceza Bergman as a young woman. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Ceza Bergman as a young woman. Taken in Allakaket before 1920, maybe even before 1915. Photographer unknown. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Ceza Bergman in Allakaket in the late 1950's. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Ceza Bergman in Allakaket in the late 1950's. Her house is in the background. Taken by Matilda Barber, Ceza's granddaughter. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Chief Moses in his later years. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Chief Moses in his later years. Taken in Allakaket probably in the 1920's by an unknown photographer. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Christmas time in 1982. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Several of Johnson and Bertha Moses' grandchildren. Back row: Mandy Linus (?) (hidden), Jason Moses, Melissa Koyukuk, Jennevieve Williams, Christy Moses, Jody Moses, Tanya Beatus, Bobby Moses, and Arlene Maguire. Front row: Greg Moses, Timothy Ned, and Jennifer Maguire. Taken at Johnson and Bertha's home in Allakaket by Sherry or Ross Moses at Christmas time in 1982. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Church mission, St. John’s in the Wilderness, Allakaket. Log church with bell tower, fenced garden, and other buildings in background Amelia Hill Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1950. ASL-PCA-247;
image thumbnail Church mission, St. John’s in the Wilderness, Allakaket. Dog in front of old mission house <br> "The porch on the back of the mission house was a sleeping porch for men who worked at the mission" Amelia Hill Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1950. ASL-PCA-247;
image thumbnail Church mission, St. John’s in the Wilderness, Allakaket. Old mission house, replaced by two-story mission house in the 1920s Amelia Hill Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1950. ASL-PCA-247;
image thumbnail Cora Nictune. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Cora Nictune. Probably a print made from photo 37. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Cora, Virginia and Kathleen Moses. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Cora, Virginia and Kathleen Moses (in the foreground). Taken in Allakaket in October, 1955 by Bertha Moses. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Detroit Arctic Expedition dog team, leaving Allakaket. Title from verso <br> Full verso reads, "One of Capt. Wilkins teams, Detroit Arctic Expedition, leaving Allakaket going north" <br> Thirteen dogs, two sleds, and two men on skis Alexander Malcolm Smith Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s. ASL-PCA-136;
image thumbnail Dog race in the Allakaket April Carnival, 1980. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Jody Moses with sled and dog entered in the 1 dog race in the Allakaket April Carnival, 1980. Photo by Allakaket school student. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Doll Soft-bodied doll with leather facial features in black stitch. Parka of muskrat belly trimmed with white and black calf skin in zigzag design with beaver, wolf ruff. Mittens are commercial leather with mouton tops, mittens have blue, pink and white yarn harness. Pants are mouton with cloth underneath. Boots are calf skin with leather soles and straps with otter and pink yarn trim. 62 cm tall.<br><br> Ethnology;
image thumbnail Dressed for cold weather. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Back row: Billy Bergman, Ceza Bergman, one of their children, but can't be identified. Front row: Edward and Louie Bergman, but can't tell which is which. Taken in Allakaket, probably between 1910 and 1915 by missionaries. The family is dressed for cold weather. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Ellen, Clara, and Chief Moses in Allakaket. Woman, child, and man in parkas and mukluks; Chief Moses wears a traveling parka Amelia Hill Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1950. ASL-PCA-247;
image thumbnail Enroute Allakaket. Title taken from caption on Album. "February 1919. Substituting for Archdeacon [Hudson] Stuck. Enroute Allakaket. Ala Kellum and team of Archdeacon Stuck." [Ala Kellum seems to be Archdeacon Drane's guide and traveling companion.] Frederick B. Drane Collection
image thumbnail Family leaving Allakaket for summer fish camp. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Family leaving Allakaket for summer fish camp. Note the handmade boat caulked with pitch so it won't leak. Billy Bergman, Ceza Bergman, Lindbergh Bergman, and Christopher Bergman. Billy Bergman was a good boat builder. Photo taken probably in early July in the 1930's. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Fish trap at the mouth of Lake Creek. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Fence with fish trap set in it at the mouth of Lake Creek. Photo by Johnson Moses in September, 1948. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Fish Trap Model Model fish trap (probably loache/burbot or blackfish)*. 2 pieces, funnel and basket, which don't come apart. Thin strips of wood shaped and glued in place. End of basket is in the shape of a circle, does not come to a point. Fish trap fence on each side tied to trap with dental floss. 5 small wooden fish in trap with pencil features. Entire piece highly varnished. Small plaque attached to side of trap with "FROM JOHNSON MOSES ALLAKAKET, ALASKA" written in pencil. Dimensions of fish trap: 27.5 cm long. Mouth is 7.5 cm across and end is 2.5 cm across. Fish trap fences are 8 cm W x 6.5 cm H and 12 cm W x 7.5 cm H. Ethnology;

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