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Object Number
2004.24.19256
Display Title
Dancing at the whale feast
Descriptions
Keywords
- Field
- Ceremony
- Ethnographic
Subject
- feast
- Dance
- Person
- Group
Department
Photographic
Date
1936?
Artist
Elmer T. Forsling
Culture
- Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.19266 | Drummer at whale feast |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19179 | Whale boats and dead whale |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19254 | Sled loads of gifts for the feast, blubber |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19255 | Group relaxing at the feast at end of whaling season |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19122 | Bow head whale with fan like boleen |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19215 | Imported modern whale boat |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19169 | Whale rib frame Eskimo's home covered with sod |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19170 | Whale rib frame Eskimo's home covered with sod |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19171 | Whale rib frame Eskimo's home covered with sod |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19176 | Oomiak frame, held off the ground by whale rib posts to protect the rawhide |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19259 | Group dancing at celebration at end of whaling season |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.19262 | Group dancing at celebration at end of whaling season |
Alaska
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