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Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0015   CAS 2006-0009-0015; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
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 1974
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Plastic
Description Commercially made plastic-covered place mat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “Eskimo and His Reindeer”; Central image is a single Native Alaskan man riding on a sled pulled by a single reindeer; Surrounding the central image are smaller vignettes depicting various seal and polar bear hunting scenes, native people dancing, and a man roping a reindeer before finally hitching it to a sled; Artist’s signature “Robert Mayokok” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “Copyright MCMLXXIV by Griffin’s, Alaska” and in lower right corner, “Alaska Scenic P.C. (sic) Box 1466, Anchorage, Alaska 99510”; Reverse side of place mat shows photo of Mayokok and brief biography of him, printed against a dark brown cross-hatched background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 44.5, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.5