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Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0010   CAS 2002-0005-0010; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper
Description Christmas greeting card produced and marketed by American Artists Group in New York, imprinted on front with reproduction of pen and ink drawing of a group of parka-clad men driving a reindeer herd into a corral; Borderless image is printed in black and white with red and yellow accents on herders' gloves and parkas, turquoise colored sky, and blue foreground; Reproduced signature "George Ahgupuk, Shishmaref, Alaska" is imprinted in lower right corner; Message inside reads, "Greetings"; Reverse of card is imprinted "from the Watercolor by GEORGE A. AHGUPUK, AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y., No. 15 E 3, PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Length = 12.0