Moose antlers attached to the ridge pole of a sod roofed cabin at Chena Indian Village, Alaska

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Campbell, Sandy

• This set of moose antlers, often referred to as a "rack of antlers" is mounted on the ridgepole over the entrance to a reconstructed trappers' cabin at the Chena Indian Village near Fairbanks, Alaska. The presence of the palms, sometimes called "pans" or "shovels" on the antler indicates that the moose was in its prime. Moose lose their antlers every year.
  
  On the sod roof of the house grasses and wildflowers are growing. The root structure of the plants that grow on sod roofs help keep the roof in place.

• Date created

  2016-07-15

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Moose antlers- Alaska
  • Houses - Exterior Decorations - Alaska
  • Antlers - Circumpolar regions
  • Sod roofs - Alaska, Chena Indian Village
  • United States, Alaska, Chena Village

• Type of Item

  Image

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3GN7D

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International