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Catalog Number	CAS 2000-0006-0001
Category	Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name	Placemat
Culture	Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Anchorage
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage
Maker's Name	Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Plastic vinyl
Description	Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing winter scene of 3 traditional Yup'ik Eskimo log houses with skin roofs, 2 sleds hitched to dog teams, and several adults and children; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number	CAS 2000-0006-0002
Category	Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name	Placemat
Culture	Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Anchorage
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage
Maker's Name	Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Plastic vinyl
Description	Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing 4 adult and 2 juvenile walruses on an ice floe; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number	CAS 2000-0006-0003
Category	Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name	Placemat
Culture	Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Anchorage
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage
Maker's Name	Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Plastic vinyl
Description	Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing group of Native Alaskan children riding sleds down a snowy hill; Two traditional log houses with skin roofs are in the background and an overturned skin boat on a wooden rack is in the right foreground; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number	CAS 2000-0006-0004
Category	Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name	Placemat
Culture	Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Anchorage
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage
Maker's Name	Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Plastic vinyl
Description	Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing 5 Native Alaskan hunters in a skin boat approaching a group of 4 walruses, two of which are on an ice floe and two alongside in the water; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number	CAS 2002-0005-0008A-FF
Category	Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name	Playing cards
Culture	Anglo-American and Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Anchorage
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage
Maker's Name	Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1960s
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper; Ink
Description	Commercially manufactured deck of 32 playing cards (4 each of 7s through aces in standard suits of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades); Each card bears reproduced image of pen and ink drawing of Siberian Husky dog by Bering Sea Eskimo artist, Florence Malewotkuk; Image is detail from a larger image that was also reproduced on place mats and coasters by the same company; Reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk", the words "Bering Sea Originals", the initials "KR" (Kay Roberts), and the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower left corner of each card.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 5.2, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 8.9

Catalog Number	CAS 2002-0005-0009A-FF
Category	Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name	Playing cards
Culture	Anglo-American and Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Anchorage
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage
Maker's Name	Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1960s
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper; Ink
Description	Commercially manufactured deck of 32 playing cards (4 each of 7s through aces in standard suits of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades); Each card bears reproduced image of pen and ink drawing of two running polar bears by Bering Sea Eskimo artist, Florence Malewotkuk; Image is detail from a larger image that was also reproduced on place mats and coasters by the same company; Reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk", the words "Bering Sea Originals", the initials "KR" (Kay Roberts), and the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower left corner of each card.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 5.2, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 8.9

Catalog Number	CAS 1993-0005-0001A-CCC
Category	Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name	Playing cards
Culture	Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region	Oceania
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data	Island: Oahu; City: Honolulu
Maker's Name	The U.S. Playing Card Co.
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1910-1915
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper; Ink
Description	Commercially made deck of 52 playing cards and one joker card in original green cardboard box and dust cover lid; Playing cards are imprinted with photos of Hawaii royalty, buildings, and general scenes; Dust cover lid imprinted in gold lettering, "Hawaiian Souvenir Playing Cards - Published by Wall, Nichols Co., Ltd. Honolulu, H.I. - Copyrighted the U.S. Playing Card Co. Cincinnati, USA."
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 7.4, Thickness = 2.2, Length = 9.4

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

Catalog Number	CAS 2002-0005-0007E
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Advertising item
Culture	Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Anchorage
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage
Maker's Name	Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1970s
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper
Description	Paper insert accompanying CAS 2002-0005-0007A-D (vinyl mini mats), consisting of a white paper imprinted with black and white images of the four mats and providing brief biographical information about Bering Sea Eskimo artist, Florence Malewotkuk, and information about the set of vinyl mats and other products that feature Malewotkuk's work; Insert identifies the Mini Mat series as "Style 3010."
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 13.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0001
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Arnhem Land; Village: Oenpelli Mission
Maker's Name	Badjarai
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments; Native cordage
Description	Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "Two Mythical People", depicting the Dreamtime legend of a woman named Akurindipa and her husband, who lived in a place called Mangongon and who later transformed themselves into two large rocks; Scene is depicted with two stylized human figures standing with a tree between them; Images are done in white and mustard yellow pigments or watercolors against a plain rust brown background; Peeled sticks are lashed with native cordage to front of panel along both side edges to prevent warping.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 65.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 42.1

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0002
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Arnhem Land; Village: Oenpelli Aboriginal Mission
Maker's Name	Mangudja
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Wood; Native cordage
Description	Pigment painting on flattened strip of eucalyptus bark titled, "Mimi Women Dancing Yam Danceâ€, depicting two very tall and thin women dancing amid yam vines; All figures are first painted in white and then further embellished with brown and mustard brown pigments, all on a plain brown background; Stripped and peeled wooden rods are secured along both top and bottom edges of eucalyptus panel with four short pieces of native cordage to prevent warping.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 27.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 41.1

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0003
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Groote Eylandt; Angurugu
Maker's Name	Neikungapa
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments
Description	Painting on flat sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "Journey of the Mythical Sawfish", telling the story of a sawfish that dug the Angurugu River across Groote Eylandt; Painting is done in white, mustard yellow, and rust brown pigments on a black background and depicts two sawfish excavating a water channel.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 47.1, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 68.1

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0004
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Groote Eylandt; Angurugu
Maker's Name	Galiowa
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments
Description	Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "Mosquito", depicting large stylized image of a single mosquito with its wings spread and shown with 5 legs; Image is done in rust brown, mustard yellow, and white pigments or watercolors against a plain black background; Short edges of bark panel are irregularly cut, including two short projecting tabs along one edge.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 48.6, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 32.7

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0005
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Arnhem Land; Village: Oenpelli Mission
Maker's Name	Ngulei
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments; Native cordage
Description	Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "The Legend of Tor Rock", depicting a legendary tale about a man named Wuragag, (who turned himself into a snake) and the creation of Nimbuwar Rock; Depicted is a snake, a mythological creature, and various geometric shapes (see brief account of legend in accession folder); Image is done in rust brown, mustard yellow, white, and black pigments or watercolors against a plain rust brown background; Peeled sticks are lashed with native cordage to front of panel along upper and lower edges to prevent warping.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 27.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 59.5

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0006
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Queensland
County
Other Geographic Data	Mornington Island
Maker's Name	Goobalathaldin (Dick Roughsey)
Date of Manufacture	1966
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments; Peeled sticks; Native cordage
Description	Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "The Coming of the Balamando", depicting the legend of the first people to settle on Mornington Island; Scene is depicted with three stylized human figures, representing Marnbill, the group's leader, his wife, Gin-Gin, and her uncle, Diwaliwal, who named places and edible foods all over the island; Pictured above them are various kinds of fish and below them are a raft and paddles; Scene is done in white, mustard yellow, black, gray, and rust brown pigments; Signature "Goobalathaldin" is written in black pigment along lower edge of painting and the year "66" is painted in lower left corner; Peeled sticks are positioned along upper and lower edges to front and back of panel and the two pieces of each pair lashed together at their ends with native cordage to prevent warping; Complete account of legend is handwritten by artist on piece of paper that is glued to reverse of painting; See CAS 2005-0006-0035 for western-style interpretation of this same legend by this same artist; NOTE: Bark paintings are not traditionally done on Mornington Island, but this artist taught himself from anthropology books and then asked his elders to tell him stories from that region.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 31.3, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 47.4

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0029
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northwest Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Groote Eylandt: Umbakumba Aboriginal Mission
Maker's Name	Terrunga
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Natural pigments
Description	Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark titled "Crayfish", depicting pair of crayfish in colors of rust brown, white, yellow, and black, among several stylized aquatic plants, all against a plain black background.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 34.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 27.0

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0030
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northwest Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Groote Eylandt: Angurugu Aboriginal Mission
Maker's Name	Larry
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Natural pigments
Description	Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark titled "Sharks", depicting pair of sharks and two other fish, all colored mustard yellow with black and white band just behind their heads and at base of tail and fins, all on background of alternating black, white, mustard yellow, and rust brown diagonal stripes; Signature "Larry" is printed in white chalk on reverse.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 41.0, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0035
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Queensland
County
Other Geographic Data	Mornington Island
Maker's Name	Goobalathaldin (aka Dick Roughsey)
Date of Manufacture	1966
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Masonite; Commercial paint
Description	Painting on masonite entitled "Mornington Island Legend", painted in a western style and depicting the aboriginal legend of Marnbill, his wife Ging-Gin, and her uncle, Diwaliwal, the first people to inhabit Mornington Island; After the three of them named various places on the island, as well as edible plants, Marnbill found his wife and her uncle in a sexual tryst and killed the uncle; Marnbill ascended into the sky, but as he left he cursed his wife and her uncle and any children their union might produce; Depicted in this painting are two scenes, the first showing the three arriving on the island and going about naming places and plants, and the second one showing Marnbill killing his wife's uncle; Painting is inscribed "To Paul from Goobalathaldin" in lower right corner; See CAS 2005-0006-0006 for a traditional bark painting of this same legend by the same artist.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 50.9, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 16.7

Catalog Number	CAS 2005-0006-0039
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Arnhem Land
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1965
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Natural pigments
Description	Painting on flattened eucalyptus bark panel depicting single image of stingray fish in colors of white, pink, mustard, yellow, and black, against black background; Fish is depicted swimming through water represented by alternating dashed lines in colors of rust brown and white against black background; Rectangular area in each corner of panel is painted with white dashes.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 13.9, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 27.1

Catalog Number	CAS 2006-0003-0021
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1973
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description	Pigment painting on flattened strip of eucalyptus bark, depicting school of black fish of various sizes swimming from all directions toward a circular black area in center of painting; The fish are on a background of alternating white and rust brown swirls that probably represent water; Unpainted band along all four edges of bark strip frames the painting; Top and bottom of panel are sandwiched between two halves of peeled and split wooden rods whose ends are tied together with narrow strips of bark.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 33.8, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 64.4

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