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Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0010-0001   CAS 2000-0010-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data City: Nome
Maker's Name James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1982)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Poster board; Ink; Colored pencil
Description Untitled pen and ink, colored pencil, and photographic pen drawing on white poster board, depicting Eskimo hunter aiming his bow and arrow at a polar bear that is standing on an ice floe; The hunter's husky is by his side, barking at the bear, while a second dog is in the background; A long hunting spear lies at the hunter's feet; A high rocky cliff covered by a glacier is in the background to the left; Signature "Kivetoruk Moses, Nome Alaska" is written in ink in the lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 39.1, Length = 26.6