Parka

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1926. Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement Parka Caribou hide/skin, fur Patchwork

Boots

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1926. Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement Boots Hide Painted, patchwork

Blue Dream Paddles

Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007), donated to NMAI by R.E. Mansfield in 2005. Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement Blue Dream Paddles Paddle Rock maple, paint Carved, painted 153 x 10.7 x 3.5 cm

Hey Brother

Presented to NMAI by the Rasmuson Foundation on the occasion of the re-dedication of the Rasmuson Theater in NMAI’s museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in 2019. Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement Hey Brother Painting Cotton canvas, oil paint, wood, metal screw, metal nails Painted, carved, […]

Pipe bowl

Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1906. Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement Pipe bowl Stone Carved 5 x 3.5 x 5 cm

Basket

Collected in 1899 during the E.H. Harriman Expedition to Alaska, sponsored by railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909); formerly in the collection of his daughter Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881-1934); bequeathed to MAI by Mary Harriman Rumsey. Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement Basket Spruce root, bear grass Twined, false-embroidered, […]

Wood Mask

ALASKA-ESKIMO MASK WOOD (ROUGH). Per Nadia M. Jackinsky-Horrell 4-29-2008, this mask should be stored with the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq (Pacific Yup’ik) collection. Stylistically mask is very similar to masks from the Prince William Sound area and the Kodiak archipelago. 11-18-2009 Sven Haakanson, Director of the Alutiiq Museum, examined this object and concurs with Jackinsky-Horrell’s identification of this […]

Wooden Mask

Anthropology Conservation Lab records identify as Eskimo. Per Nadia M. Jackinsky-Horrell 4-29-2008, this mask should be stored with the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq (Pacific Yup’ik) collection. Stylistically mask is very similar to masks from the Prince William Sound area and the Kodiak archipelago. 11-18-2009 Sven Haakanson, Director of the Alutiiq Museum, examined this object and concurs with Jackinsky-Horrell’s […]