Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950
George Twok Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) was an Inupiat native artist from Shishmaref, Alaska, whose work depicted village life, hunting of seals, walrus, whale, and polar bears, and Alaska wildlife and scenery, similar to what is featured in this piece. Twok developed his own technique for bleaching ca...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/13633 2023-05-15T15:53:32+02:00 Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 United States of America __ALASKA __Sheshmaref ca. 1930-1950 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/13633 unknown 1959.1655.634 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/13633 http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, 1959.1655.634 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Native people 20th century Fine arts art; artifact; Drawing; 1930 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-10-26T22:58:58Z George Twok Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) was an Inupiat native artist from Shishmaref, Alaska, whose work depicted village life, hunting of seals, walrus, whale, and polar bears, and Alaska wildlife and scenery, similar to what is featured in this piece. Twok developed his own technique for bleaching caribou, reindeer, and moose hides, and he shared this technique with no one. This work was collected by Fred Lewis who, in the 1930s, sailed his Seattle-built steam yacht, "Stranger," to Alaska, where he visited numerous settlements and collected hundreds of pieces of traditional and "market" art - items made by Alaskan natives for sale to non-natives. Thanks to the Lewis family, MOHAI has one of the larger collections of early 20th century Alaskan market art in the Seattle area. 1 Drawing; Materials: Pen --ink --leather --wood; Dimensions: 19 in.H x 37 in.W Other/Unknown Material caribou Inupiat Alaska walrus* University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Mohai ENVELOPE(-60.483,-60.483,-62.967,-62.967) |
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Native people 20th century Fine arts Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 |
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Native people 20th century Fine arts |
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George Twok Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) was an Inupiat native artist from Shishmaref, Alaska, whose work depicted village life, hunting of seals, walrus, whale, and polar bears, and Alaska wildlife and scenery, similar to what is featured in this piece. Twok developed his own technique for bleaching caribou, reindeer, and moose hides, and he shared this technique with no one. This work was collected by Fred Lewis who, in the 1930s, sailed his Seattle-built steam yacht, "Stranger," to Alaska, where he visited numerous settlements and collected hundreds of pieces of traditional and "market" art - items made by Alaskan natives for sale to non-natives. Thanks to the Lewis family, MOHAI has one of the larger collections of early 20th century Alaskan market art in the Seattle area. 1 Drawing; Materials: Pen --ink --leather --wood; Dimensions: 19 in.H x 37 in.W |
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Other/Unknown Material |
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Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 |
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Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 |
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Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 |
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Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 |
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Drawing on animal hide by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 |
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drawing on animal hide by george twok aden ahgupuk, ca. 1930-1950 |
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1930 |
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http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/13633 |
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United States of America __ALASKA __Sheshmaref |
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ENVELOPE(-60.483,-60.483,-62.967,-62.967) |
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Mohai |
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Mohai |
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caribou Inupiat Alaska walrus* |
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caribou Inupiat Alaska walrus* |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
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1959.1655.634 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/13633 |
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http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, 1959.1655.634 |
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