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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1015   CAS 0370-1015; 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 Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting bull moose, shown in right profile engaged in standoff against two wolves, one facing the moose head-on from the front while the second one approaches from the background on the moose's left side; Animals are shown amid short grasses in an otherwise empty landscape; Figures are done in black ink except for wolves' tongues which are red; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3