I WON THIS HAND MADE MODEL OF AN ALASKAN DOG SLED AS A DOOR PRIZE AT AN NEA/ALASKA CONFERENCE IN ANCHORAGE IN 1981.  IT WAS ONLY MY SECOND YEAR IN ALASKA AND I HAD COME DOWN TO ANCHORAGE FROM ELIM FOR THE CONFERENCE.  LITTLE DID I APPRECIATE HOW SPECIAL THIS PRIZE WAS.  I DID NOT KNOW THAT ARTISANS WHO HAD THE TIME, SKILL AND PATIENCE TO MAKE THESE SCALE MODELS HAD LONG WAITING LISTS.  IT IS MADE OF BIRCH AND ELDER.  AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS EXCELLENTLY MADE.  ALL OF THE NAILS, CARVED JOINTS, AND BINDINGS ARE AS TIGHT AND STEADY AS THE DAY I WON IT.  ALL OF THE WOOD IS SMOOTH AND VARNISHED.  IT IS 22" LONG, 4.5" WIDE, AND IT IS 7.5" HIGH AT THE ROUNDED GUARD BAND AT THE BACK.  THIS SLED IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF ALASKAN HISTORY, CARPENTRY, AND  ART.  IT IS SIGNED "KD 80" ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RUNNER.