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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0005-0069   CAS 0005-0069; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
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 ca. 1950
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Seal skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on sealskin depicting Eskimo hunter in center holding a harpoon spear whose line is still attached to a seal which he has just killed and pulled from a hole in the ice; In the background is a second man driving a sled with team of dogs, and in the far background are large ice floes; Entire scene is framed on all four sides by strip of dyed red sealskin that is threaded through series of small slits made in support "canvas"; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.0, Length = 25.0