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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_276493