Object Details
- 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 1975; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Inuit [Arviat]
- Artist/Maker
- Joy Kiluvigyuak Hallauk, Inuit [Arviat], 1940-2000
- 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
- Date created
- 1974-1975
- Title
- Qaqmaq (Spring House)
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone, wood, hide
- Techniques
- Carved, cut
- Dimensions
- 29.1 x 22.4 x 10.7 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
