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 Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec (Montreal, Quebec) in 1979; 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 [Payne Bay/Bellin/Kangirsuk]
- Artist/Maker
- Thomassie Kudluk, Inuit [Payne Bay/Bellin/Kangirsuk], 1910-1989
- Previous seller
- Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec
- 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
- 1978
- Title
- Man, Bear, and Dog
- Object Name
- Figural group
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, polished, incised
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
