Untitled (Caribou Herd in a Winter Landscape)
George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, Iñupiaq / American, 1911 - 2001
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
about 1950s
Pen and ink wash on bleached seal skin, with narrow strips of red alder-dyed reindeer skin threaded along the edge to form a ribbon-like border
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 5 11/16 in. (23 × 14.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Evelyn Stefansson Nef
© Estate of George Twok Aden Ahgupuk, ahgupuk.com
2014.17.4
Geography
Place Made: Shishmaref, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right: George Ahgupuk
Provenance
Evelyn Stefansson Nef (1913-2009); bequeathed to present collection, 2009; catalogued 2014.
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