Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2002-0005-0001 | |
| 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 | 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 | |