Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0010-0001 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Drawing | |
| Culture | Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Nome | |
| Other Geographic Data | St. Lawrence Island; Village: Gambell | |
| Maker's Name | Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1965 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Seal skin; Ink | |
| Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing on thick rectangular piece of bleached seal skin depicting two Native Alaskan men dressed in parkas, skin pants, and mukluks and each holding a long shafted spear as they face a growling polar bear near the edge of ice-choked sea in the background; The men and the bear are all on land or a large ice floe; Artist’s signature “Florence Chauncey Gambell, Alaska†is written in ink in script in lower right corner. NOTE: Chauncey Malewotkuk was the artist’s husband and she sometimes signed her name using his first name as her surname. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 47.0, Length = 30.2 | |