Mother and Child

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 Dorset Fine Arts (Toronto, Ontario) in 1984; 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 [Cape Dorset]

Artist/Maker

Pitseolak Niviaqsi, Inuit [Cape Dorset], 1947-2015

Previous seller

Dorset Fine Arts

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

1983-1984

Title

Mother and Child

Object Name

Figure

Media/Materials

Serpentine

Techniques

Carved, polished

Dimensions

25 x 22 x 21 cm

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures