500 Edition 7 3/8" x 6 3/4"

Artists usually save their sketchpads, I certainly do. They contain the raw materials for all my paintings. These two individualscame from a 1980's sketchbook tat I took along on a sketching trip to the Eskimo village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. The drum is a stretched piece of walrus stomach wrapped oer a bet piece of wood. The drummre beats the rim of the drum with a stick. Any occasion will do for dancing and drumming.