Kingikimiut Eskimo standing by cache with poles holding polar bear bones, Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906

Handwritten in album: Bones of polar bear on cache poles to keep away evil spirits PH Coll 49.13 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. Her photographs document many aspects of Eskimo life at Kingegan. This photograph...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernardi, Susan R.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Caches > Alaska > Kingegan; Food storage buildings > Alaska > Kingegan; Bones (Anatomy); Eskimos > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan; Alaska Natives > Structures > Alaska > Kingegan
Eskimo architecture > Alaska > Kingegan; Kingegan (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc.
Cape Prince of Wales
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2138
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Summary:Handwritten in album: Bones of polar bear on cache poles to keep away evil spirits PH Coll 49.13 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. Her photographs document many aspects of Eskimo life at Kingegan. This photograph depicts the display of polar bear bones on cache poles in order to keep way evil spirits.

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