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 Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec (Montreal, Quebec) 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 [Sugluk/Salluit]
- Artist/Maker
- George Kopak Tayarak (Tayarak Tayarak/Qupak Tayarak/Jaji Tayarak/Josie Tayarak/Jaja Tayarak), Inuit [Sugluk/Salluit], 1931-1990
- Previous seller
- Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec
- 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
- 1974-1975
- Title
- Man Over Seal, Sedna Over All
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 27 x 16 x 56 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
