File:Eskimo on structure built to tan and bleach seal skin, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906 (AL+CA 1601).jpg

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English: Eskimo on structure built to tan and bleach seal skin, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Susan R. Bernardi
Title
English: Eskimo on structure built to tan and bleach seal skin, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906
Description
English:

Handwritten in album: Tanning and Bleaching Skin of Hair seal for making Kumoks on Boots. The word Kumok is one of many used by Eskimos from Greenland to Siberia meaning footwear. PH Coll 49.9

Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. She joined William T. and Ellen Lopp, of the American Missionary Association who established the school in 1890. Her photographs document many aspects of Eskimo life at Kingegan.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Eskimos--Subsistence activities--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape; ; Eskimos--Structures--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape; ; Alaska Natives--Subsistence activities--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape;; Alaska Natives--Structures--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape;; Sleds & sleighs--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape
  • Subjects (LCSH): Eskimo architecture--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape;  ; Vernacular architecture--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape
Depicted place Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska
Date between 1901 and 1906
date QS:P571,+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1906-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: Silver gelatin ; b&w ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. contact print
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
1601
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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