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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1997-0003-0002   CAS 1997-0003-0002; Painting
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 Moose skin; Ink
Description Untitled ink and ink wash on tanned and bleached moose skin, depicting a Eskimo hunter seated on ice floe alongside a kayak and a killed seal, aiming his rifle at another seal in the water; Ice floes are shown in background and to right of scene; Signed "Ahgupuk" in lower right corner and labeled "Moose skin" in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 10.3