Alaska Native Traditional Dress and Beadwork in The Sheldon Jackson Museum,

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Alaska Native Traditional Dress and Beadwork in The Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
(This is NOT an official site of the Sheldon Jackson Museum, just some photos I took on vacation years ago.)

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Eskimo fishskin boots

Detail of Eskimo fishskin parka

Eskimo Fishskin Parka

Detail of Tlingit Beadwork

Tlingit Beaded tunic

Tlingit Beadwork.

Tlingit Beaded Tunic

Athabaskan Tunic and Trousers

Detail of above tunic.

Early Photo of Eskimo Dancers

Detail of Athabaskan Beadwork Trimming

Athabaskan Tunic

Detail of above tunic

Eskimo fishskin parka

Another Eskimo fishskin parka

Detail of a fishskin parka

Yet another fishskin parka

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