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Traditional Dress and Beadwork in The University of Alaska Museum

Eskimo Traditional Dress, Jewelry and Dolls

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1.Wooden Sunglasses: ..

2. Doll of a hunter wearing a birdskin parka .

3. Back of a woman's dress parka with "sunshine" ruff (post 1920) in wolverine fur, body of parka is predominantly in arctic ground squirrel (short brown gray fur) and Holstein calf skin (black and white patterned sections), the rear of the sunshine ruff is in Beaver, and there is red fox trim (long orange fur) on arms..

4. Front of above parka..

5. Labrets, and a carved "pocket watch" in walrus ivory..

6. Combination earrings and necklace..

7. Woman's sealskin overall worn by costal Eskimos ..

8. Sewing Implements (Ulu knives) made from old saw blades:

9. Doll parka similar to figs 3 & 4, plus small doll in cloth parka.

8. Dance headdress for a woman, with wolverine fur top..

.9. Detail of a Shaman's belt with bone fetishes and glass beads. .

10 Complete view of above belt...

11. Woman's dance headdress. .

.12. Doll wearing sunbleached gutskin parka..

13. Doll dressed in pre-contact style infant winter garment. This type of garment includes an open crotch, where a diaper is worn over the opening, and filled with soakers of dried lichen. The hands of the garment are sewn shut to discourage frostbite, and strings of beads are sewn to the hand-ends for the child to play with. .

14. Wooden spirit masks used in storytelling dance rituals. .

15. Fur lined gloves. ..

This page is not an official UAF Museum page. This page is part of The Costumer's Manifesto, by Tara Maginnis. I strongly encourage all visitors to Fairbanks to visit the UAF Museum, one of the finest sights in the State of Alaska.