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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1004 | |
| 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 | Ink; Paper | |
| Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man and woman shown in full frontal view standing next to each other and dancing while facing 3 seated individuals, each with his or her back to the viewer and each playing a round hand-held drum; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. (See CAS 0370-1007 for similar subject.) | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1005 |  |
| 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 Eskimo man armed with spear and approaching polar bear which is holding a seal carcass under its paw; Dog is also approaching from background; Snow drifts are shown in foreground and background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1006 |  |
| 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 Eskimo man and woman shown in full frontal profile, standing alongside each other and dancing, while facing 3 seated individuals, each with his or her back to viewer and each playing a round, hand-held drum; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. (See CAS 0370-1004 for similar subject.) | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1007 |  |
| 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 Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka, pants, and mukluks leading single caribou by rope, both shown in left profile with snow-covered hills in background; Drawing is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1008 |  |
| 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 Eskimo man and woman carrying child, both dressed in parkas and standing beside sled hitched to team of 5 dogs; Lead dog is standing, while others are lying down; Sled is loaded with body of adult seal; Directly behind the couple are an inverted kayak on a rack, a raised dog kennel, and a log house; Snow-covered hills are shown in the distant background; Entire scene is drawn in black ink, except for mouths of man and woman, the dogs, and the seal, which are drawn in red; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1009 |  |
| 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 polar bear standing upright over a seal carcass on an ice flow, while a second polar bear watches from open water nearby; Large iceberg shown in distance and small group of birds is depicting in sky; Ice flow and snow draft are depicted in foreground; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1010 |  |
| 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 Eskimo woman holding long knife and engaged in cutting up seal carcass; Immediately behind her is meat drying rack from which several pieces of meat are suspended; Scene is depicted against an empty background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.4, Length = 20.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1011 |  |
| 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 team of 5 dogs pulling sled, guided by Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and sitting on the sled; Dogs and man are all shown in left profile; Snow-covered hills are shown in background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1012 |  |
| 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 Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka, pants and mukluks and poised with spear while facing polar bear standing on its hind legs; Snow drifts are shown in foreground and background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1013 |  |
| 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 Eskimo man dressed in parka and holding a harpoon, standing beside body of seal which he has just pulled from the water onto the ice; Snow drifts are shown in the foreground and background; Entire scene is done in black ink except for mouths of man and seal and several blood stains on ice, all of which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1014 |  |
| 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 Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and seated on sled being pulled by team of 5 dogs, all shown in left profile; Snow-covered hills are shown in background; Entire scene is done in black ink except for mouths of man and dogs which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1015 |  |
| 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 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1016 |  |
| 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 an Eskimo whale hunting scene with 3 men rowing a skin-covered boat while a fourth man, standing at the prow, spears a whale in the water; Large iceberg is shown in the left background and small birds fill the sky; Entire scene is done in black ink except for mouths of the men and the point at which whale is speared, which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1017 |  |
| 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 nine Eskimo men gathered in circle and holding edges of blanket or skin on which tenth individual is being tossed into air; All men are dressed in parkas; Behind them is shown an inverted skin-covered boat on storage rack, a sled, an elevated dog kennel, and a log house with pair of sled dogs tied next to it; Snow-covered hills are shown in background; Entire scene is done in black except for men's mouths which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1018 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Drawing | |
| Culture | Inupiat | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Nome | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Nome | |
| Maker's Name | James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1982) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1963 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Illustration board; Ink; Colored pencil | |
| Description | Pen and ink and colored pencil drawing entitled "Old Time Eskimo Belle" depicting waist-length, frontal portrait of Eskimo woman, dressed in parka with the hood pulled down; Woman is shown in 3/4 right profile against multi-colored, sunset sky in background; Signature "Kivetoruk Moses, Nome, Alaska" is handwritten in black ink in upper right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.5, Length = 27.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1020 |  |
| 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 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1021 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Drawing | |
| Culture | Inupiat | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Nome | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Nome | |
| Maker's Name | James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1982) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1963 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Illustration board; Ink; Colored pencil | |
| Description | Untitled* pen and ink and colored pencil drawing on white illustration board depicting Eskimo legend of how Eskimo dancing began, as also explained in accompanying note by artist; Drawing depicts eagle flying high above earth's surface while holding Eskimo man in its talons, to free himself, man stabbed eagle with his hunting knife, fatally injuring the eagle and forcing it to land; As eagle lay dying, it told man to start dancing using eagle's heartbeat as the rhythm, later to be replaced by a drum beat; Signature" Kivetoruk Moses, Nome, Alaska" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. Label attached to reverse of drawing identifies the artist as being 60 years old. *Moses did several renditions of this painting, sometimes titled “Man and Eagle.†The accompanying explanatory note [in CAS accession file] for this painting, written by Moses’ wife, Bessie, is titled “No. 1 Eskimo.†| |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.5, Length = 39.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1003 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| 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 | Seal skin; Ink | |
| Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and holding harpoon, standing alongside seal carcass which he has just pulled from water; Snow drifts and wind-scoured ice blocks are shown in foreground and background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.1, Length = 7.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1177 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Inupiat | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Northwest Arctic | |
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Kivalina | |
| Maker's Name | Jerry Norton (b. 1942) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 07 April 1961 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper, entitled "Successful Hunt", depicting 7 men returning from a seal hunt; 3 men are unloading the skin-covered umiak while 2 others stand to the right side holding their bow and harpoon and the remaining 2 kneel among the seals and tools that have been unloaded; 5 seals lie in the foreground or in the boat; Body of open water is shown behind boat, with ice blocks and snow drifts ringing its shoreline in the background; Signature "Jerry Norton 61" is printed in green ink in lower right corner along with image of feather. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 50.0, Length = 29.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1033 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) | |
| Maker's Name | Jose J. Garcia (b. 1914) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1937 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on brown paper entitled "Two Birds" depicting pair of parrots, each painted in brightly colored pueblo-style, geometric patterns and standing on rainbow arches, flanking central stylized pine tree; Signature "Jose J. Garcia" is printed in black paint just below base of tree; "Jose J. Garcia, Santo Domingo Pueblo" is handwritten in pencil on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 32.3, Length = 30.2 | |
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