William Van Valin's Films of Pt. Barrow, Alaska
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1986.5.1 - 3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Van Valin, William B., 1878-
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content: Tip top of the Earth: Arctic Alaskan Eskimo Educational Series
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassettes (Betacam) (black-and-white silent)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1918
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (betacam)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot by William Van Valin as leader of the John Wanamaker Expedition to Pt. Barrow, Alaska for the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Footage known under the name TIP TOP OF THE EARTH: ARCTIC ALASKAN ESKIMO EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Includes subtitles and intertitles; shots include scenes of Eskimos butchering a whale at water's edge; Eskimos in communal dance; dog team pulling a umiak on sled across snow and rough ice; Eskimos taking shelter under umiaks in rought weather; "nela-ka-tuk"--recreational/whaling sport activity of tossing an individual in air on a stretched walrus hide; views of pack ice moving rapidly toward lead ice; various shots of Pt. Barrow and vicinity. Miscellaneous footage of a rabbit drive and a mule train pulling wagons, locations unidentified.

Legacy Keywords: Dogs as means of transportation Alaska ; Sleds as transportation Alaska ; Work groups butchering whales ; Boats use in hunting Alaska ; Hunting guns Alaska ; Food quest hunting fishing whaling Alaska ; Food preparation butchering drying Alaska ; Food preservation techniques of Alaska ; Cooking utensils ; Ecology seasonal movements Alaska ; Dancing drums Alaska ; Food communal distribution Alaska ; Whaling butchering Alaska ; Garb ceremonial women Alaska ; Work groups corrals butchering whales Alaska ; Recreation whaling sport nela-ka-tuk ; Language and culture