REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist

TITLE: George Ahgupuk Portrait Photograph

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2013.054

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1971

Extent: 1 item

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Ward Wells

Administrative/Biographical History:
George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) was an Inupiat artist from Shishmaref, Alaska. He began
drawing in the 1930s during a prolonged hospital stay. He worked primarily in pen and ink on
seal, caribou, and moose hides as well as paper and wood.

Scope and Content Description:
One black-and-white portrait photograph of artist George Ahgupuk in a fur parka, inscribed by
Ahgupuk “To my friend George & Mildred Rilvold, from your Eskimo friend George
Ahgupuk.”

Arrangement: Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in good condition.


Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Anchorage
Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not necessarily hold
copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Ward Wells, George Ahgupuk Portrait Photograph, Anchorage Museum, B2013.054

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by National Bank of Alaska in 1992, and accessioned into the objects collection as
1992.036.006. Transferred from Collections to Archives in June 2013.

Processing Note
Removed from frame. Frame discarded.


SUBJECTS
Ahgupuk, George Aden
Eskimo artists—Alaska

Guide written: June 4, 2013