Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0001-0001 | |
| 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 | Robert Mayokok (1903-1983) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1975 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Paper; Pastel chalk; Ink | |
| Description | Untitled chalk and ink drawing on medium-weight blue-green paper, depicting an Inupiat man wearing a gut skin parka and seated in a one-man sealskin kayak, poised to throw his spear at a walrus or seal whose head is above the water in front of the kayak; A wooden paddle and a gut skin float are shown lashed to the sides of the kayak; 3 ice floes are in the background and 3 birds are flying in the distance; The kayak and the sea mammal are colored brown, the hunter's parka and his shadow are green, the foreground water and uppermost sky are blue, and the background water and lower sky are tan with reddish orange shading; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.0, Length = 22.9 | |