Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2016-0001-0004 | |
| 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 | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1974 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Paper; Plastic | |
| Description | Commercially made plastic-covered placemat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “Eskimo Blanket Toss”; Image shows nine Eskimo men gathered in a circle and holding the edges of blanket or skin on which a tenth man is being tossed into the air; All men are dressed in parkas, some with the hood up, others with it down; Behind the men is shown an inverted skin-covered boat on a storage rack with its ribs exposed, and a skin stretched out to dry; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “COPYRIGHT MCMLXXIV BY GRIFFIN’S - ALASKA” and in lower center “Eskimo Blanket Toss”; Reverse side of placemat shows a reproduction of a light beige woven fabric framed with a thin beige border and wider white border. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 29.3, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 42.2 | |