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
- Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut, Inuit [Arviat], 1914-1998
- 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
- Title
- Mother and Child
- Object Name
- Figural group
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 11.0 x 14.5 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
