Object Details
- Culture/People
- Inuit [Great Whale River/Kuujjuaraapik]
- Artist/Maker
- Henry Napartuk (Henri Napartuk), Inuit [Great Whale River/Kuujjuaraapik], 1932-1985
- 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
- Previous seller
- Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec
- 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 1984; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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- Date created
- 1984
- Catalog Number
- 26/262
- Barcode
- 260262.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Sedna Holding Her Tail
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 16.8 x 8.5 cm
- Place
- Kuujjuarapik (Great Whale River); Nord du Québec Region (Nunavik); Québec; Canada
- See related items
- Inuit [Great Whale River/Kuujjuaraapik]
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_276355
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws694761fc0-79e4-4c60-9165-2cf1f91c9700
