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Mother and Child

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    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

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a5a8986e-728a-4574-ae81-3f0709b71b1e

    Record ID

    NMAI_276463

    Discover More

    Daguerreotype of mother and child.

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