Mother and Child
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Inuit [Arviat]
- Artist/Maker
- Martina Pisuyui Anoee, Inuit [Arviat], b. 1933
- Previous owner
- Beth K. Olch (Beth Kelisky Olch), Non-Indian, 1899-1993
- 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
- Formerly in the collection of Beth Kelisky Olch (1899-1993); acquired from Mrs. Olch by Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) in 1976; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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- Date created
- 1968
- Catalog Number
- 26/272
- Barcode
- 260272.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Mother and Child
- Object Name
- Figural group
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, polished, incised
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 10.0 x 17.5 cm
- Place
- Arviat (Eskimo Point); Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada
- See related items
- Inuit [Arviat]
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_276365
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64d7e5119-404e-44e0-b5b2-b80cf5e8f614
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