Kobuk: Images

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image thumbnail Seine fishing for chum salmon on Kobuk River. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 08 Seine fishing for Chum salmon on the Kobuk River. This fish was dried on rocks for the winter food for the sled dogs. It was the mainstay for these animals and was heated and fed twice per day to them." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Football on Kobuk River below the school house at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 03 Football on Kobuk River below the school house @ Shungnak, AK. This was a favorite pastime for all of the kids. We would play on the river in the winter until well after midnight most nights." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Eskimo grade school girls with Brooks Range in background at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1948 11 Eskimo Grade school girls with Brooks Range in background @ Shungnak, AK. This was taken on the playground on the north side and the Kobuk River is on the right side of the picture." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Kobuk Post Office. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: '1949 04 Kobuk Post Office. The guy on the right I believe was named "Brown" and the lady in the middle was his wife.' Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Aluniq born upper Kobuk half Kobuk Eskimo half Noatak, [Sheshalik]. Title taken from caption on slide. "Aluniq born upper Kobuk half Kobuk Eskimo half Noatak, Shishoalik." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: Ashby – Beatrice Mouse (Anausuk is her Inupiat name) Charles V. Lucier Collection 1936-1953
image thumbnail Frank Glover Qutvuq 1952. Title taken from caption on slide. "Frank Glover Qutvuq 1952, born Salmon river Kobuk." A profile close-up shot. Charles V. Lucier Collection 1936-1953
image thumbnail Child's bow and arrow. Title taken from caption on slide. "Child's bow and arrow. Qutvuq, Kobuk man Sishoalikroaq 1952." [Compare with UAF-1966-80-15 for Frank Glover's identification. This location name is also spelled Sishoalikrauq.] Charles V. Lucier Collection 1936-1953
image thumbnail Scrapbook of miscellaneous memorabilia. The Clarence L. Andrews Papers consist of diaries, notebooks, a scrapbook, photographs, publications and manuscripts. They document Andrew’s library research as well as his observations of Eskimo lifestyle, reindeer herding, arctic flora and fauna, and life in Sitka, Skagway, Eagle, Deering, Kivalina, Nome and Barrow, Alaska.Mr. Andrews’ title for the scrapbook is “Historical Souvenirs—Dyea, Skagway, and along the Trail to Whitehorse, 1899 to -,” although the book contains letters to and from Mr. Andrews dated 1898. There is no logical order to the scrapbook. One hundred seven pages contain items pasted in the book by Mr. Andrews. The book is not in date sequence nor in place or location sequence. The earliest item may be found on page 45, a copy of the Sitka Program, July 4, 1895.Clarence Leroy Andrews (1862-1948), a writer, photographer, U.S. Customs officer, Eskimo-rights advocate and teacher, spent many years traveling in, photographing, and writing about Alaska. Clarence L. Andrews Papers, 1890-1949
image thumbnail Basket, Birch Bark Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; c - 5 1/2" across or 8cm x 14cm x 11cm Ethnology;
image thumbnail Ladle Wooden ladle or scoop; broad, shallow bowl; one piece of spruce wood; stained dark red on outside; used; hole pierced in end of handle for hanging; 12 7/8" long.Label put on by donor: "CL- 3 Salmon River Kobuk Frank Glover 1952" See letter in file from donor. Acc. to Lucier: "I painted the dipper with mineral ochre paint according to directions given me by a Buckland man, in 1951. The dipper was ordinarily painted in this manner at Salmon River, if I understood Qutvaq correctly." Originally made as part of a dipper set. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Basket, Birch Bark Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; d - 6 1/4" across or 9cm x 16cm x 13cm Ethnology;
image thumbnail Berry Picker Wooden scoop with short, thick handle and wide, deep bowl part; used for scooping or knocking berried into a birch bark basket. Wood; stained red; used; oil stain in bowl; smells of smoke; 11 1/2" long 0 bowl is 5 5/8" x 6 3/4". Same type of scoop used as berry collector on Kobuk R. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Basket, Birch Bark Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; A - 4 1/4" across 5.5cm x 11cm x 7.5cm Ethnology;
image thumbnail Basket, Birch Bark Birch bark; folded basket; dark side turned inside; extra layer of birch bark with dark side turned out in between folds of basket on outside; rim and side rods of willow; lashed with spruce root; b - 4 7/8" across or 6.5cm x 12.5cm x 9.5cm Ethnology;
image thumbnail Rope Alder-tanned moose hide rope. Hide is braided and pink-colored. Rope is coiled. See remarks field. Measures (as falls) 4.1 x 26.2 x 22.8 cm.Note from donor with object: "Alder tanned moose hide rope - Kobuk river area - Ambler probably" Ethnology;
image thumbnail Scraper Bone, tapered and rounded one end; used for removing bark from wood. 1cm x 14cm x 2cmCollected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Native Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the "place" is listed as Kobuk, but it is unclear if this was the place of collection, or if this is only place of origin and use. MES Ethnology;
image thumbnail Blade Flat, tapered piece of jade. 5" long or 1cm x 13cm x 4.5cmCollected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the "place" is listed as Kobuk, but it is unclear if this was the place of collection, or if this is only place of origin and use. MES Ethnology;
image thumbnail Boots, Mukluks Caribou fur and wolf mukluk and leggings. Length 89 cm., Soles and sides of boot are composed of caribou with fur towards the inside. Lower legs are caribou with fur towards the outside. Upper legs and leggings are wolf with fur towards the outside. Along the top of the leggings is trimmed caribou with fur towards the outside. Blue (denim-like) textile is sewn around the leg opening with a red and black chord throughout, used to tighten the leg legging. A has one pom-pom, and B has two pom-poms. Bottom of boots have hide straps, back of which are dyed reddish.*Mabel Brown is the wife of Harry Brown, a trader in the Kobuk region. They have a daughter named May Brown. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Alaska Native Head (Kobuk) (Eskimo Man) Ziegler, Eustace P. (artist). Size: 9.5 x 7.5 in. Medium: Oil Signed lower right. First title on original backing, second title on current backing. Fine Arts;
image thumbnail All aboard for school. Title from verso. "[All aboard for school. From the Alaska arctic, nearly 600 students are gathered from 40 remote villages and fish camps, each fall to fly to Fairbanks and Juneau, heading for high schools and colleges.] "Students boarding a Wien Air Alaska at Shungnak Alaska. Polatis [Polat is?] porter. The airport is a river sand bar in front of the town. Wien Air Alaska Photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: L-R: Lena Commack Coffee (climbing into plane), George Cleveland Sr., Genevieve Douglas Norris, Lottie Tickett, Virginia Douglas Commack. This photo was taken on the sandbar near Shungnak. They would then fly to Dahl Creek near Kobuk where there was a bigger airstrip. They were going to Chemawa, Oregon for boarding school.Charles Mac Kay has identified the model and manufacturer of many aircraft on our website he has identified this one is a Pilatus Turbo Porter PC-6, and it has production number 569. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Off they go. Title from verso. "[This Wien bush plane takes off from a sand bar on the Kobuk river with a load of Eskimo students headed for high schools and colleges. The village of Shungnak is too small to support a high school. Shungnak, Alaska]. Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley." The tail of the airplane reads "Wien", and the side may read "Wien Alaska Airlines". Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Snow-covered house. Title by indexer. A building after a heavy snow fall. The sign next to the door reads "Kobuk Post Office". To the right of the stairs, a spade sticks from the snow; to the left, a snowshoe. A box (or rectangular can) labeled "Blazo" sits on the porch, and barrels can be seen at the far left and right. Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: This is Harry Brown’s store and PO in Kobuk. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Students at Shungnak leaving for school. Title from verso. "[The little Eskimo girl in the left foreground watches the big girls board a Polatis porter bush plane at Kobuk.] Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: L-R: little girl?, George Cleveland Sr., Lena Commack Coffee, Wynita Woods Lee, Virginia Douglas Commack, Genevieve Douglas Norris. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Students leaving for school. Title from verso. "[Dressed in their mail order catalogue finery, these self confident Eskimo teenagers board a Wien Air bush plane to head south to attend high school.]"Students leaving for school from a sand bar airport of the Kobuk river. Shungnak village in background." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: L-R: George Cleveland Sr., Lena Commack Coffee, Angeline Douglas, Genevieve Douglas Norris, Wynita Woods Lee, Virginia Douglas Commack and Harold Barry. This photo was taken on the sandbar near Shungnak. They would then fly to Dahl Creek near Kobuk where there was a bigger airstrip. They were going to Chemawa, Oregon for boarding school. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Williams, H. O. (Red) interview (03/07/1985) 09 of 17 (5:27 min) (09 of 27)Flying for fur buyers Leo Kay member of the Koslosky family. Fairbanks, Ruby, Hughes, Kobuk, Shungnak, Kiana, Kotzebue then Nome. Maime Wig's Roadhouse ran into Jim McGoffin, & (Muskrat) Johnnie Schwagler. Took off early to make sure and get the furs. Doiminic Vernetti, had an attractive wife. Furbuyer kept flirting, Did same thing in Shungnak with the teachers wife. Red Williams was worried that their hosts would kick them out into the cold. Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;

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