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Ivory Female Figure

Collector:
Dr. Henry B. Collins Jr.  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Punuk Island, St. Lawrence Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
3 Jan 1929
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
100592
USNM Number:
A344107-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/356a1f1d7-955b-4346-b204-9b1c2a1c9c73
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8096341
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Fishing Net

Donor Name:
United States Exploring Expedition  Search this
Length - Object:
1050 cm
Width - Object:
130 cm
Culture:
Samoan  Search this
Object Type:
Net
Place:
American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
Accession Date:
1858
Collection Date:
1838 to 1842
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
66A00050
USNM Number:
E3413-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/312d710fe-0cf6-4034-938f-235594f285e4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8401555

Coiled Basket Baleen

Donor Name:
Mary M. Walcott  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Object Type:
Basket
Place:
Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
27 Apr 1935
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
134246
USNM Number:
E372667-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/345d270e6-0e92-4f24-ae11-3d7673dd9e6d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8412419

Boy's Goose-Toggles, Walrus Teeth 4

Collector:
Edward W. Nelson  Search this
Donor Name:
Edward W. Nelson  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo, Inupiaq  Search this
Object Type:
Bola
Place:
Shaktolik, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1879
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
008133
USNM Number:
E38444-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df32568b-3457-4c7e-a7db-46c881af93e9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8419443

Diamond-Shaped Earrings

Collector:
Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.  Search this
Donor Name:
Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.  Search this
Length - Object:
2.5 cm
Width - Object:
2 cm
Height - Each:
1 cm
Culture:
Eskimo, North Alaskan  Search this
Object Type:
Earring
Place:
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
20 Jul 1995
Collection Date:
1970
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
400225
USNM Number:
E428060-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38d39377b-6c74-43eb-bdec-c38bad4ef360
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8460774
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Drill-Bow, Etched

Donor Name:
Edward W. Nelson  Search this
Object Type:
Drill
Place:
Cape Nome, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1880
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
80A00050
USNM Number:
E44399-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39215f665-053f-44cf-80ba-ad6a58606d1e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8463440
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Tobacco Box

Collector:
Lt P.H. Ray  Search this
John Murdoch  Search this
Middleton Smith  Search this
Donor Name:
U.S. Signal Service  Search this
Length - Object:
15 cm
Culture:
Eskimo, Inupiaq  Search this
Object Type:
Tobacco Box
Place:
Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
23 Nov 1883
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
013712
USNM Number:
E56512-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e11ae9b0-ff9d-4d9e-9dd7-9b7f1c74d3a9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8469546

Fish-Club

Donor Name:
Edward W. Nelson  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Object Type:
Club
Place:
Diomede Islands, Bering Strait, United States (not certain) / Russia (not certain), Asia / North America
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1882
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
82A00003
USNM Number:
E64218-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bae06d9e-3886-4c5e-9f9a-27cb31eee958
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8471358
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Bone Boat-Hook

Collector:
Lt. U S N Timothy D. Bolles  Search this
Donor Name:
U. S. Department of the Navy  Search this
Culture:
Tlingit, Taku (?)  Search this
Eskimo (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Boat Hook
Place:
Alexander Archipelago / Taku Harbor, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
3 Nov 1884
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
015153
USNM Number:
E73797-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a865a171-d403-442d-8f3f-1f7a0284a838
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8477532
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Dressed Doll With Walrus Tusks

Collector:
Lt P.H. Ray  Search this
John Murdoch  Search this
Middleton Smith  Search this
Donor Name:
U.S. Signal Service  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
23 Nov 1883
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
013712
USNM Number:
E89827-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a874bc10-3590-4506-a7a0-38c770119c72
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8486190

Storage basket with lid

Collector:
Edward S. Curtis  Search this
Donor Name:
James "Jim" H. Graybill  Search this
Diameter - Lid Diameter:
25 cm
Height:
27 cm
Circumference:
120 cm
Culture:
Eskimo, Yup'ik  Search this
Object Type:
Basket
Place:
Nunivak Island, Bering Sea / Nunivak Island Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
30 Aug 2012
Collection Date:
1899 to 1930
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
2058745
USNM Number:
E432849-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/367e7e07d-c289-4cc6-8a97-2bf320e39235
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_10363449

Coiled Basket With Lid

Donor Name:
Dr. William C. Sturtevant  Search this
Height - Object:
25 cm
Diameter - Object:
23 cm
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Eskimo, Yup'ik (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Basket
Place:
Alaska (not certain), United States, North America
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
2049174
USNM Number:
E437821-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393c1655c-cdef-4eed-a05b-f2edffcb5f01
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_16917292

Knife with sheath

Donor Name:
Leonard D. Kepler  Search this
Length - Knife:
32 cm
Width - Knife:
5.9 cm
Length - Sheath:
31.5 cm
Width - Sheath:
6.5 cm
Culture:
Eskimo, Inupiaq  Search this
Object Type:
Knife / Sheath
Place:
Nome (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
12 Jul 2005
Collection Date:
1955 to 1975
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
2034562
USNM Number:
E431909-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36701f48a-b246-40d2-a3db-184092e2d2e8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8551511
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T

Designer:
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972  Search this
Medium:
B&W Printed Material
Type:
archive
Archive folder
Object Name:
Archive folder
Date:
1965-1971
Credit Line:
Henry Dreyfuss Archive, gift of Various Donors
Accession Number:
Dreyfuss Symbol Sourcebook Working Papers Folder 112
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Archives Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq443f70685-7dcf-422c-80e5-0ac3090ee0a1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_Dreyfuss_Symbol_Sourcebook_Working_Papers_Folder_112

Six Carlisle students from Alaska in school uniform

Creator:
Choate, John N., of Carlisle, Pennsylvania  Search this
Collection Creator:
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (gelatin glass negative, 003 in x 004 in)
Culture:
Arctic peoples  Search this
Alaskan Eskimo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
ca. 1898
Scope and Contents:
Annie Coodlalook, Tomiclock , Laublock, Anna Buck, Cooki Glook, and Esenetuck
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.06808802
Local Note:
For Id See Glass Neg or SPC 01201000 ACC # 4558 (Pt)
Black and white gelatin glass negative
Place:
Pennsylvania -- Carlisle
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 81-12, John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3036555b9-bf4c-48f7-a2f6-51c3f9b83699
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-81-12-ref603

Freedomways Vol. 9 No. 4

Published by:
Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985  Search this
Edited by:
John Henrik Clarke, American, 1915 - 1998  Search this
Esther Cooper Jackson, American, born 1917  Search this
Jack O'Dell, American, 1923 - 2019  Search this
John Devine  Search this
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Catlett, Mexican and American, 1915 - 2012  Search this
Brumsic Brandon Jr., American, 1927 - 2014  Search this
Written by:
Ernest D. Kaiser, American, born 1916  Search this
Augusta Strong, American, 1934 - 1976  Search this
Mari Evans, American, 1923 - 2017  Search this
Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett, American, 1914 - 1997  Search this
Dr. W. D. Wright, American, born 1936  Search this
Edward P. Dozier, 1916 - 1971  Search this
Subject of:
Chief Joseph, 1840 - 1904  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 9 1/16 × 6 1/16 × 1/4 in. (23 × 15.4 × 0.7 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Viet Nam, Asia
Date:
1969
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Caricature and cartoons  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Language  Search this
Literature  Search this
Medicine  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
Object number:
2021.20.7
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
American Indian Movements
Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd548b766a2-01ac-4404-ab67-804f6bf07135
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.20.7
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Volume 20

Collection Creator:
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1927
Scope and Contents:
Volume 20 was published in 1930 with the title The Alaskan Eskimo. The Nunivak. The Eskimo of Hooper Bay. The Eskimo of King Island. The Eskimo of Little Diomede Island. The Eskimo of Cape Prince of Wales. The Kotzebue Eskimo. The Noatak. The Kobuk. The Selawik.

Numbers given to the negatives made for volume 20 did not follow the "x" series schema applied to most NAI photographs. To differentiate the numbers given to the volume 20 photographs from same numbers found in the "x" series, the archivist added "AK" before the number.
Collection Restrictions:
Viewing of the photographic negatives and transparencies requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist.

Access to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
See more items in:
Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs
Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs / Series 9: Photographs / 9.3: The North American Indian
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e6e97461-5bd9-4591-b699-c2bd6eb21564
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-2010-28-ref2250

Symbol account books

Extent:
2 Books (leather-bound, 3.75 x 6 inches)
Container:
Box 316702/316703, Item 1-2
Culture:
Alaskan Eskimo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Books
Books
Pictographs
Place:
Alaska
North America
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of two small leather-bound account books filled with various words and symbols.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 316703

USNM Accession 66880
Related Materials:
Other Sheldon Jackson materials purchased by the Bureau of American Ethnology are held by the National Anthropological Archives in MS 316702 and by the Department of Anthropology object collections (Accession 66880).
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Pictographs
Citation:
Symbol account books, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS316703
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3de8eba19-941d-4702-acfc-7955b36010c2
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms316703
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Graphic arts of the Alaskan Eskimo

Author:
Ray, Dorothy Jean  Search this
Author:
United States Indian Arts and Crafts Board  Search this
Physical description:
87 p illustrations, map, ports 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alaska
Date:
1969
Topic:
Eskimo art  Search this
Art inuit  Search this
Arts graphiques  Search this
Call number:
E99.E7 R26g
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_6222

The north Alaskan Eskimo a study in ecology and society by Robert F. Spencer

Author:
Spencer, Robert F  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 490 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Alaska
United States, Alaska
Date:
1969
1959
Topic:
Eskimos  Search this
Inuits  Search this
Eskimos--Alaska  Search this
Grupos Etnicos (Em Geral)  Search this
Indians of North America--Alaska  Search this
Inuit  Search this
Ecologie  Search this
Eskimo's  Search this
Sociale structuur  Search this
Native races  Search this
Call number:
E99.E7 S745 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_2801

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