Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) and received as a gift in 1971; 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 [Iglulik/Igloolik]
- 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
- 1965-1971
- Title
- Seated Animal
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Fossilized animal bone
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 5.0 x 7.0 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
