Recent Additions

Historic Halibut Hook

PURCHASES: The Rasmuson Foundation for a rye grass basket by Coral Chernoff. The Rasmuson Foundation for three spruce root baskets by Cleo Chernoff The Rasmuson Foundation for two rye grass baskets by Arlene Skinner. The Rasmuson Foundation for The Dance of the Gull, a bronze sculpture by Darlene Lind. The Rasmuson Foundation for Beginner, a bentwood hunting visor by Peter Lind, Sr. The Old Harbor Native Corporation and the Alutiiq Heritage Foundation for an historic halibut hook.

• Alfred Naumoff for his hand-carved Spirit Mask, 2001
• Kathryn Chichenoff for Russian Orthodox songs from Fr. Gerasim Schmaltz
• Jimmy Johnson for a Augca’aq set made by Tikhon Peterson
• Carolyn Huey for a mastodon tooth from Hooper Bay and a shale leaf fossil from Chignik Lagoon
• Craig Mischler for a DVD of an interview with George Inga, Sr. telling stories in Alutiiq
• Dawn Offerman for a modern Alutiiq mask
• Gertrude Rogers for 36 photographs of Ouzinkie and a pen and ink drawing of Ouzinkie church by Margaret Gunn
• Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center for a grass basket woven by the late Eunice Neseth

LONG TERM LOANS

• The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for artifacts collected for the Konyag/Aleut archaeological project
• The U.S. Forest Service for artifacts collected for the Konyag/Aleut archaeological project
• Myrtle Olsen for artifacts from Anton Larsen Bay
• Sara and Erik Sundsten for turning in a beach worn lamp from Marka Bay, on loan from the Afognak Native Corporation
• Brad and Kay Underwood for a turning in a whale bone mask from Aliulik Peninsula, on loan from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

CONTEMPORARY ART ADDITIONS:
Purchased with 2007 funding from the Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Initiative

• Spruce Root Basket Set	Spruce Root Basket Set, three weavings by Cleo Chernoff.  Materials: Sitka spruce root, untreated amber
  Grass Basket	Grass Basket, an open weave beach rye basket by Coral Chernoff.  Materials: Beach rye grass, moose sinew
  Beach Find & Open Twine	Beach Find (l) and Open Twine (r) - baskets by Arlene Skinner.  Materials: Beach rye grass, rayon thread, white bone beads (l), and Beach rye grass, red leather cord, blue stone beads (r)
  The Dance of the Gull	The Dance of the Gull, A sculpture br Darlene Lind. Materials:  Bronze, polished marble
  Beginner	Beginner, A bentwood hunting visor by Peter Lind, Sr. Materials: Sitka spruce, glue, sinew, acrylic paint, linseed oil, ochre, walrus ivory, India ink eyes, mammoth ivory, fur seal whiskers, ptarmigan feathers, embroidery floss, colored glass and white bone bead

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