Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1997-0003-0001 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Inupiat | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Anchorage | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
| Maker's Name | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Caribou hide; Ink | |
| Description | Untitled ink and ink wash on tanned and bleached caribou skin, showing a blanket toss game, with 9 men in circle and holding stretched hide and tossing tenth person into the air; Umiak and stack of fire wood is to left of scene, platform cache of food or skins and stretched hide on rack are to right; Signed "Ahgupuk" in lower right corner and labeled "Caribou skin" in lower left corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.4, Length = 10.3 | |