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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0022   CAS 2006-0009-0022; 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; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a pen and ink drawing of a log food cache or cabin next to a sled atop a pile of logs and an inverted skin boat on a raised rack, and a number of large animal skins draped across a log, all in a very sparse forest covered in deep snow; Artist’s signature “George A. Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Scene is framed by a pale orange border; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all Good Wishes for Christmas and the New Year.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Drawing by George Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 10287 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.0, Length = 11.9