Object Details
Culture/People
Inuit [Repulse Bay/Naujaat]
Artist/Maker
Christine Aaluk Sivanertok (Alo/Kidlalooka), Inuit [Repulse Bay/Naujaat], b. 1938
Previous owner
Goldsmith Collection
Seller
Goldsmith Collection
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
Acquired by the Goldsmiths in 1972 in the Arctic Circle region; subsequently purchased by Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) from the Goldsmiths in 1982; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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Date created
1972
Catalog Number
26/327
Barcode
260327.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Title
Owl
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Antler, animal bone
Techniques
Carved, inlaid, pegged
Dimensions
6.5 x 4.0 x 5.6 cm
Place
Repulse Bay (Naujaat); Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada
See related items
Inuit [Repulse Bay/Naujaat]
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_276420