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Tools for gathering


Tassiitaq Issran-llu Backpack Yoke

 

Backpack Yoke

Backpack yoke and basket Annie Blue observed: "This is a yoke that one would place in front of the chest and use to carry a woven bag on the back. These help to keep one from hurting her chest when carrying heavy objects."

 

I. C. Russell, 1902, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution 217807


Breast Yoke

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Annie Blue holding a yoke to her chest at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, 1997.


Ciklaq Root Pick

 

Root Pick

Ciklaq/Root pick Catherine Moore said: "We used these on frozen ground in spring and fall. People still use them on the Yukon to dig for delicious roots and tubers."

 

J. A. Jacobsen, 1882, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin IVA4183


  Qaltaq Bentwood Berry Bucket

Qaltaq/Bentwood berry bucket painted with uiteraq (red ocher), a valued pigment with its own awareness. Annie Blue noted that if someone came in while a person was using red ocher, the painter must cover his work, as uiteraq was shy and would not want to be observed.

Bucket
1890s, Sheldon Jackson Museum IIS97


Here is my gift

Ayatullruunga kiagmi. Qaltacuarangqerraqlua kayanguyagarcuutekamnek. Umyuartequurlua-ll', "Tua-i-qaa waniwa kayangurrarmek unangengaitua."
Tua-i taugken ernerpak piiyualua. Uqsuqaq aipaagni pekvallagaqan ullagluku tekitaqamku quyalua, "Tua-i-ll' kayangullua! Tangrriu! Cikiuteka waniwa."


During summer, I used to travel out to the wilderness. I had a small bucket with me to hold small eggs. This is what was constantly on my mind, "I wonder if I'll obtain just one egg."

I'd walk all day long. Sometimes if a pintail suddenly flew off, I'd approach it and when I came upon it, I'd be grateful, "I've found some eggs! Look! Here is my gift."

--Marie Erik, Chefornak




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