Figure

Date created
1978
Culture/People
Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
Artist/Maker
Kellypalik Etidlooie, Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], b. 1966
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 1979; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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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
Catalog Number
26/227
Barcode
260227.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Figure
Media/Materials
Serpentine
Techniques
Carved, incised
Dimensions
8.5 x 6.4 x 22.3 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6487c493a-284c-4fed-9220-cf5baea93d18
Record ID
NMAI_276320