Anaktuvuk Pass: Images

Results below are from the Alaska Digital Archives which includes material from institutions all over the state. You can sort by clicking on the column header.

Thumbnail Object Title Description Collectionsort descending
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 18 of 20 Skin house after construction with a light covering of snow. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from 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;
image thumbnail Construction of a skin house 9 of 20 Simon Paneak adding additional support to the frame of the skin house. House was created by Simon Paneak and various other people from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Wood mask Male mask; carved wooden face. Snow goggles of wood with faint pink wash are attached; fur mustache and beard; wolf fur ruff; furs are nailed to wood; sinew cord on back for hanging; 16" long. Created in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. 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 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 Anaktuvuk Pass area. Information from interview with collection donor: "Anaktuvuk Pass area." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Anaktuvuk Pass area. Information from interview with collection donor: "Anaktuvuk Pass area." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Anaktuvuk Pass area. Information from interview with collection donor: "Anaktuvuk Pass area." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Anaktuvuk Pass area. Information from interview with collection donor: "Anaktuvuk Pass area." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Children practice reading and writing. Information from interview with collection donor: "George Llano and friends, Anak. Pass. 1948. These photo identifications were made by elders from Anaktuvuk Pass on their visit to Fairbanks November 3-6, 2008: "Same boys." [See uaf-1991-0063-00010] George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Eskimos at Anak. Pass. These photo identifications were made by elders from Anaktuvuk Pass on their visit to Fairbanks November 3-6, 2008: "Thomas Rulland." The following information comes from an interview with the collection donor: Eskimos at Anak. Pass. 1948." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Flight from Barrow to Anaktuvuk Pass. Information from interview with collection donor: "Flight from Barrow to Anaktuvuk Pass (near Barrow)." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Flight from Barrow to Anaktuvuk Pass. Information from interview with collection donor: "Flight from Barrow to Anaktuvuk Pass." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Flight from Barrow to Anaktuvuk. Information from interview with collection donor: "Flight from Barrow to Anaktuvuk Pass." George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail Float plane lands on a lake. Title by indexer. A large floatplane lands on a lake. George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail George A. Llano Collection, circa 1948. The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in Anaktuvuk Pass, airplane flights, scenes from Wainwright, and Llano's research associates including Robert Rausch, Lloyd Spetzman, Simon Paneak and others.George Albert Llano was born Jorge Alberto Cecilio Perez y Llano in Havana, Cuba on November 22, 1911. He attended Cornell University, where he received a B. S. in 1935. Llano received an M.A. from Columbia Teachers College in New York in 1939. He began his Ph.D. work at Harvard University but was interrupted by world War II. After the war Llano continued his Ph.D. work at Vaxtbiologiska Institut in Uppsala, Sweden and finished his Ph.D. in botany at Washington University in St. Louis in 1949, while also working in Alaska collecting lichens with his mentor, Per Scholander. George A. Llano collection
image thumbnail George A. Llano poses for a picture. Title by indexer. Information from interview with collection donor: "Anaktuvuk Pass area." George A. Llano collection

Pages

Subscribe to Anaktuvuk Pass: Images