Sunday, December 13, 2015

Alaskana: Vintage George Ahgupuk Decorated Lampshade

George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk



George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


George Ahgupuk


During the 1950s a curio shop in Anchorage, Alaska marketed small table and wall lamps as souvenirs of Alaska. The ceramic bases were in the form of Billikens, antlers, and undecorated geometric shapes. The shades for these lamps were made of three or more parchment-like panels, stitched together with man-made laces that were probably intended to look like baleen. Each panel on a lamp shade was imprinted with a different George Ahgupuk drawing. 

His drawings were also reproduced on a series of plastic placemats, small wooden wall plaques, and ceramic plates.
















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