This panel depicts the Yupik Eskimo legend of a huge eagle bearing a native hunter on a journey. The panel was designed from an original, which hangs in the State Museum of Alaska in Juneau. James Kivetoruk Moses, an Eskimo artist, was born in 1900 in Cape Espensberg. While recuperating from an airplane accident in Nome, he turned to art. His style is typical of Eskimo primitive painting. He was a self-taught artist ans his work is widely recognized in Alaska and hangs in several museums. His paintings are on display in the permanent collection at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmussen Center. Moses died in Nome in September 1982.
