Walrus with Baby
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Kananginak Pootoogook, Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1935-2010
label: Previous owner
content: Beth K. Olch (Beth Kelisky Olch), Non-Indian, 1899-1993
label: Previous owner
content: Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013
label: Previous owner
content: Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007
label: Donor
content: Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013
label: Donor
content: Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Beth Kelisky Olch (1899-1993); acquired from Mrs. Olch by Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) in 1976; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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place: label: Place
content: Cape Dorset (Kingait, Kinngait, Kingnait); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Dorset Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Baffin Island Group
setName: label: See related items
content: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/386
label: Barcode
content: 260386.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Walrus with Baby
label: Object Name
content: Figural group
label: Media/Materials
content: Serpentine, animal bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 47.0 x 24.0 x 30.0 cm