Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0009-0017A-D | |
| Category | Tools & Implements; Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Playing cards in box | |
| 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. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Paper; Ink; Cellophane | |
| Description | Commercially made double set of playing cards with 54 cards in each set (Ace to King, plus 2 Jokers); One set of cards is imprinted with pen and ink drawing by Mayokok showing six men in a skin boat, with one about to spear a walrus on a ice floe while a second walrus is in the water; Scene is printed on pale pink background and bordered in red; Second set of cards is imprinted with pen and ink drawing by Mayokok showing group of nine men tossing tenth man on blanket, with scene printed on pale blue background and bordered in blue; Both unused sets of cards are wrapped in cellophane and stored in cardboard box with center divider; Exterior of box and of separate lid are wrapped in red paper; Name of manufacturer does not appear anywhere on the cards or the box. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 9.8, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 12.5 | |