Pen and Ink and Ink Wash on Reindeer Skin By George Aden Ahgupuk


Item Number: 328

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $100

Online Close: Mar 3, 2016 7:00 PM PST

Bid History: 1 bid

Description

Pen and Ink on Reindeer Skin by George Twok Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) of an Inuit hunter tracking 2 walruses.  Ahgupuk attended the government school in Noorvik when he was a child, but he only completed the fourth grade. Even then he preferred to draw pictures rather than study. As a youth, he participated in the annual reindeer roundups and hunted seal and walrus for food.  Ahguppuk's home town is Shishmaref, Alaska. 


Pen and Ink Drawing: 20" x 24"


Framed under Glass: 12" x 14"

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Donated by

Margaret Harrington, MD