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 Arctic Bay 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 [Arctic Bay/Ikpiarjuk]
- Artist/Maker
- Martha Aqiqgaqjuk Ettuk (Akeeajuk/Akeegeeakuk), Inuit [Arctic Bay/Ikpiarjuk], b. 1911
- Previous seller
- Arctic Bay
- 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
- 1971
- Title
- Seated Woman
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Serpentine
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 2.8 x 4.8 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
