Whale bones on ground with group of Eskimo people in background, Kingegan, between 1901 and 1906

• Main Author: Bernardi, Susan R.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1901
• Subjects: eskimo*; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/7977

Handwritten on album page: This bone, bow shaped is the upper jaw bone in which grows the slabs of whalebone. This whale bone is of commercial value. It is used by the whale to strain the water in which he finds his food - A tiny jelly fish no larger than a finger nail. PH Coll 49.31 The photographs from this album document many aspects of Eskimo life at Kingegan, and Bernardi's handwritten notes serve as informative captions. Hunting and fishing activities, which include whaling and sealing, feature prominently in the album, as well as the caches used to store meat, boats, and other valuable objects safely. The reindeer herds imported from Siberia are also documented. Scanned from a photographic print at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2018