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 1972; 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 [Spence Bay/Taloyoak]
- Artist/Maker
- Eeteemunga Niviaqsiaq (Neveacheak), Inuit [Spence Bay/Taloyoak], b. 1938
- 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
- 1970-1972
- Title
- Weasel
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Antler
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 1.5 x 2.0 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
