#40 • Rie Muñoz "Dividing The Muktuk" Silkscreen Tapestry c.1979

Part of The Works of Rie Muñoz Art Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Rugs & Textiles

A silkscreen image on fabric by Alaska artist Rie Muñoz entitled "Dividing the Muktuk". The artwork depicts a trio of Alaska Native women, attired in kuspuks, as they stand with thirteen pieces of whale blubber and skin, or muktuk, they have carefully cut with their ulu knives from the larger sections of flesh harvested by the men in the village. The wall hanging has a rod loop sewn into the top edge as photographed. The image was also produced as a silkscreen on paper c.1979. Tapestry measures approximately 26" x 22.5".