Anaktuvuk Pass: Images

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image thumbnail Single sod dwelling closeup. Title taken from information with photo. Winter view of sod house at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, with smokestack and antlers on top of building. 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4". AMRC. Ward Wells Collection;
image thumbnail Anaktuvuk, aerial view. Aerial view of buildings at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, with area in dotted lines possibly showing landing strip. 1960's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. Wien Collection;
image thumbnail Caribou mask-maker, Frank Rolland [sic]. Title taken from verso. View of mask maker Frank Rulland demonstrating how to make masks from caribou hides in Barrow, Alaska. Also from verso: "Frank Rolland [sic], Anaktuvuk Pass Eskimo, demonstrates the making of masks from caribou hides at Barrow. The hide is wet and scraped of hair and fitted over a form (shown on the caribou hide on his lap) and dried. Then openings for eyes, nose and mouth are cut, eyebrows and moustache added. Here is [sic] is fitting a wolf ruff around the face to simulate a parka hood." 1969. Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 10" x 8 1/8". AMRC. Wien Collection;
image thumbnail Sign-post in Barrow, 1962. This color slide depicts a white sign-post with black lettering in Barrow, Alaska in 1962. The arrows on the sign read "3380 MI HAWAII," "300 MI ANAKTUVUK," "465 MI SIBERIA," "NEW YORK 3380 MI," and "MOSCOW 3585 MI." The photographer is unidentified. Bob and Marie Logan slides, circa 1945-1962. UAA-HMC-1071;
image thumbnail Utkeagvik Presbyterian Church, Barrow, Alaska, 1962. This color slide depicts the exterior of Utkeagvik (also spelled "Utqiagvik") Presbyterian Church in Barrow, Alaska in 1962. There is a man standing outside the church building, looking at a sign hung between two whale bones that reads, "Utkeagvik Mission Founded 1891 Presbyterian Church Barrow, Alaska, Outstations: Anaktuvuk Pass, Tigikuk, Kaktovik." There appear to be whale vertebrae on the ground in front of the sign, and the church has a steeple and a cross on its outside wall. Bob and Marie Logan slides, circa 1945-1962. UAA-HMC-1071;
image thumbnail Mask carver at Anaktuvuk Pass, 1956 22 second film clip, color/silent, of a man carving several wooden masks. Ethel Ross Oliver Collection; Alaska Film Archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks;
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. Kayak is paddled by Roosevelt Paneak, son of Simon and Susie Paneak. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. In photograph from left to right: Raymond and Roosevelt Paneak, sons of Simon and Susie Paneak. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. Kayak is paddled by Roosevelt Paneak, son of Simon and Susie Paneak. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. Kayak is paddled by Roosevelt Paneak, son of Simon and Susie Paneak. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. Kayak is paddled by Roosevelt Paneak, son of Simon and Susie Paneak. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. Kayak is paddled by Roosevelt Paneak, son of Simon and Susie Paneak. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology
image thumbnail Kayak Paneak, Simon (maker). Frame in good condition; made of Canadian white spruce obtained by museum locally for Simon's use in constructing kayak; hides sewn on with cord and seams greased with caribou tallow; hides were green and split in the drier atmosphere of Fairbanks; wood stained red; 19'5" in length; some of the hides cut along seams to prevent warpage of frame as they shrank. (When received, frame was 19' 7 3/4" in length.) Made by Simon Paneak; local Anaktuvuk Pass women sewed the hides on. Photograph by James H. Barker. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Hide and fur mask One of the original mask of caribou hide stitched together like patchwork. Ear and nose attached. Teeth attached in open mouth; 8 each in upper and lower "jaw"; mustache beard of white hair. Eyebrows/lashes formed by out-turned, hair-side of skin. Inside mask is haired side of skin, over snout and around the edge. A short length of thick orange twine is attached on one side to bottom of mask. Created in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska Measures 40 x 29 x 30 cm Ethnology;
image thumbnail Caribou fur/skin pants Pair of caribou skin/fur pants; upper seat very worn; sewn with sinew; legs have insets of white caribou hair set into brown; boots are sewn on just above ankles; soles have caribou inside; aprox. 39" from front waist to toe of boot. Pants created in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Wood Mask Wood, male; trimmed with wolf ruff; dark fur eyebrows; mustache and beard of brown and white fur; mouth, eyes, nostrils open, Unpainted, 9" long, "Kakeina" written in pencil on back; string lopped through nostrils for hanging. Mask was created in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 19 of 20 Close up view of a skin house after construction. It appears the window has been opened. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 20 of 20 A close up of the skin house after construction is complete and a recent snowfall shows on the exterior. The window appears to have been opened. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 3 of 20 Simon Paneak makes the first connection of two support members for the skin house. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 4 of 20 Simon Paneak aligns a support member in the construction of a skin house. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 5 of 20 Simon Paneak aligns and attaches a support for the skin house. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 6 of 20 Simon Paneak ties a support member in place while constructing a skin house. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 7 of 20 The superstructure of the skin house in place. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 8 of 20 Simon Paneak tightening the binding on support members. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;

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