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Culture/People:
Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]  Search this
Artist/Maker:
attributed to Kakulu Saggiaktok (Kakulook/Kakoolook/Qaquluk/Sagiatuk/Saggiatuk), Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], b. 1940  Search this
Previous owner:
Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013  Search this
Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007  Search this
Donor:
Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013  Search this
Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007  Search this
Title:
Caribou
Object Name:
Print
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Stenciled
Dimensions:
82.5 x 67.0 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Cape Dorset (Kingait, Kinngait, Kingnait); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
Archipelago:
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name:
Dorset Island
Island Grouping:
Baffin Island Group
Date created:
1965
Collection History:
Formerly in the collection of Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007); donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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Catalog Number:
26/423
Barcode:
260423.000
See related items:
Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a70c8e5f-d480-4374-8bc8-776dad7019d0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_276516