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Dream of Motherhood

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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]

    Artist/Maker

    Pitseolak Ashoona (Pitseolak), Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1904-1983

    Previous seller

    Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd. (CAP/Canadian Arctic Producers/Canadian Arctic Producers Co-op)

    Previous owner

    Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013
    Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007

    Donor

    Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013
    Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007

    Collection History

    Purchased by Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) from the Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd. (Mississauga, Ontario) in 1972; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.

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    Date created

    1969

    Catalog Number

    26/400

    Barcode

    260400.000

    Object Type

    Painting/Drawing/Print

    Title

    Dream of Motherhood

    Object Name

    Print

    Media/Materials

    Paper, ink

    Techniques

    Stone-cut printed

    Dimensions

    87.9 x 62.2 cm

    Place

    Cape Dorset (Kingait, Kinngait, Kingnait); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada

    Archipelago

    Canadian Arctic Archipelago

    Island Name

    Dorset Island

    Island Grouping

    Baffin Island Group

    See related items

    Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
    Painting/Drawing/Print

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f0247bea-691f-4af3-9dd2-30989d34fd84

    Record ID

    NMAI_276493

    Discover More

    Daguerreotype of mother and child.

    Picturing Motherhood: A Visual Tribute to Maternal Connections

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