
Ahgupuk Gallery 11

George Ahgupuk
Shishmaref & Anchorage, Alaska
1911-2001
Please use the below links to view the ahgupuk galleries, yesteryear souvenirs along with greeting & note card pages
Welcome to the George Ahgupuk Art Gallery 11, please scroll down to view art
From the Sweeney collection


Ahgupuk original painting on reindeer skin – salmon drying
Ahgupuk original painting – Alaska’s Brooks Mountain Range
from a private collection

Ahgupuk original pen and ink weave – successful polar bear Arctic hunt
From the Maribeth DeLuca collection

Ahgupuk original pen and ink winter Arctic home scene
Formerly of the Randy and Sandy Rose collection

Ahgupuk original pen and ink weave of reindeer roundup and village scene
From the Sweeney collection




“Eskimos now look at the big houses that birds must fly around. All they can say is “ah-yaaa, ah-yaaa”. There are no words in Eskimo to mean the big things the white man builds out of his head in Alaska”. George Ahgupuk
“Everything came to alaska for building lots and lots of houses. They came for Alaska Housing Authority. Lumber for white men’s houses. Lumber for houses in Eskimo villages, too.” George Ahgupuk
“Then came men called soldiers – as many as the stars. They carried guns. Pretty soon the Eskimos were soldiers too. They lived in the white man’s army houses and learned to march and salute”. George Ahgupuk
“Villages grew bigger and spread out over the land. Where men found more yellow pebbles they made more towns and stores. Big boats ran up and down the rivers. White woman and children came too.” George Ahgupuk
From the Sweeney collection








row 1: Ahgupuk originals Anchorage Alaska Native Hospital and cabin & Alaska Ferry System
row 2: Ahgupuk originals eskimo drying salmon & alaskan gold dredge
row 3: Ahgupuk originals polar bear and seals & sail boats in the Arctic
row 4: Ahgupuk originals male and female moose on tundra & Alaskan gold miner and the saloon