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Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0001   CAS 2002-0005-0001; 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 Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Matboard; Watercolor paints
Description Untitled self-portrait watercolor painting on white mat board, depicting the artist dressed in a brown parka with fur-lined hood and seated with his hands resting on a tabletop; A microphone with the radio station call letters "KFAR" (Fairbanks, Alaska) is in front of him; Background is lightly shaded gray; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is painted in gray script in lower right corner; During the 1950s, Mayokok took a series of odd jobs, including translating news and other stories for radio broadcasts in Fairbanks; This painting is based on a publicity photo of Robert Mayokok in the Robert O.C. Steiner Collection at the Alaska and Polar Regions Archives of the Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks (#91-164-123) (copy in CAS accession file).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.8, Length = 38.4