AK – GOLD & COLD.

Alaska is a beautiful land, with lush vibrant archives. Thanks to Weird Friends for turning me onto the wonders of digital Alaska many months ago. 1. $1,250,000 clean up2. A woman gathering walrus intestines3. Masks on exhibit in display case with mounted birds on top4. Robe5. Lilly Abbot Nigh, Haines, Alaska, skin sewing, Alaska, Skin [...]

Watch it : Nat’l Films of Canada, 3 Shorts

I have taken a nose dive into the National Film Board of Canada archives. What an incredible offer; view thousands of films free of charge. Unsure where to start I selected from the drop down menu 1960s–1970s, my favorite decade for Canada film apparently. via Toys&Techniques who thankfully led me to this trove of moving [...]

INNU MAKES.

Beadwork, museum photography (baby blue!) and natural to man made objects—a collection of my favorite things! Innu and their ancestors have resided on a large portion of Labrador and eastern Quebec for over two thousand years. According to Innus the world is an island created by wolverine and mink after a great flood. via Tipatshimuna

ESKIMO PRINTS.

Eskimo artists making prints. via Peabody Museum at Harvard University

NORWEGIAN NATURE.

via Library of Congress – Photochrom Travel Views (thanks to Bree)