This mural depicts the famous blanket toss, orginally designed on a rabbit pelt. The blanket toss was originally used to sight whales during a whale hunt. It is now used during celebrations and gatherings. Robert Mayokok, an Inupiaq artist, was born in 1903, in Whales on the Seward Peninsula. He started out as an ivory carver then turned to pen and ink drawing on skin and paper. His works typically depict hunting scenes. He never went to art school, feeling that people who study art are usually influenced by their teachers. His work is included in many Alaska, The California Academy of Sciences, The Indian Arts and Crafts Board and is a part of the permanent collection of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmussen Center. Robert Mayokok died in Anchorage in 1983.
