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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0001-0002   CAS 2001-0001-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
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. 1980
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on tanned reindeer skin, depicting Inuit man and woman ice fishing; Man at left is holding spear with an ice scoop to his right; Woman is kneeling at right behind an ice block windbreak and is pulling tomcod from a fishing hole in the ice; Small village and snow-covered peaks are shown in background; "Reindeer Skin" is printed in lower left corner; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.9, Length = 19.1