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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1020   CAS 0370-1020; 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. 1955-1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Caribou (?) hide; Ink; Cigarette ashes
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting standing Eskimo woman, shown in full frontal view from the waist up and dressed in hooded parka and carrying small child in the hood of her parka; Inverted skin boat is shown on rack in background to the left and similar empty storage platform is shown to the right; Landscape is otherwise empty except for ice floes shown in distant background, all against gray sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 20.5