Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0009-0016 | |
| 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 “Welcome Home”; Central image is that of a Native Alaskan couple embracing while one child tosses a ball in the background and another plays with a bolo; Surrounding the central image are smaller vignettes depicting a hunter killing a polar bear and finally hanging its skin on a drying frame, another man roping a reindeer and finally hitching it to a sled, another man hunting a seal and dragging it home and butchering it, and a man driving a sled and dog team away from an igloo; 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, “Robert Mayokok, Artist”; 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 | |