Object Details
Culture/People
Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
Artist/Maker
Pitseolak Niviaqsi, Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1947-2015
Previous seller
Dorset Fine Arts
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 Dorset Fine Arts (Toronto, Ontario) in 1984; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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Date created
1983-1984
Catalog Number
26/370
Barcode
260370.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Title
Mother and Child
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Serpentine
Techniques
Carved, polished
Dimensions
25 x 22 x 21 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]
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_276463