Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0010-0002 | |
| 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 sealskin depicting three Native Alaskan men in a skin boat moving toward the right side of the drawing in icy water; The man in the front of the boat is kneeling and has his right arm raised over his head and is about to spear a walrus resting unaware on an ice floe; Other two men in the boat are rowing; Blocks of ice are depicted in the foreground; Artist’s signature “Florence Chauncey Gambell, Alaska” is written in script in black ink in lower right corner. NOTE: Chauncey Malewotkuk was Florence Napaaq’s husband and she sometimes signed her name, using his first name as her surname. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 37.0, Length = 20.4 | |