Photograph of Eskimo and Aleut engraving of tools, jewelry, baskets (1807).

Photograph of Eskimo and Aleut engraving of tools, jewelry, baskets (1807).

Note from unidentified source: 1) a pouch of fish skins from Alaska 2) a finger-guard of leather, used in place of a thimble by Alaskan women for sewing 3) a rattle from Kodiak, used in the dance and which consists of the bills of puffins 4) and 5) ear ornament made from walrus tusk, and from mussel shells 6) a lip ornament of the Aleuts, in actual size, which consists of a small piece of bone and glass beads, and is inserted in an ingeniously [sic] made opening beneath the lower lip 7) an example of embroidery on leather done with reindeer hair, from Unalaska 8) a cap of squirrel skins from Alaska 9) a small basket woven from straw from Unalaska 10) and 11) two pocket books woven from straw from Unalaska 12) a cap with a great deal of embroidery, used only in the dance festivals of the Aleuts. The stray goat hairs were sewn and woven as ornament .

Langsdorff, G. H. von (Georg Heinrich), 1774-1852.

Eskimo, Aleut, Alaska, Unalaska.

University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images.

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