Sedna Holding Her Tail
date: label: Date created
content: 1984
name: label: Culture/People
content: Inuit [Great Whale River/Kuujjuaraapik]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Henry Napartuk (Henri Napartuk), Inuit [Great Whale River/Kuujjuaraapik], 1932-1985
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
label: Previous seller
content: Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec
notes: label: Collection History
content: 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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place: label: Place
content: Kuujjuarapik (Great Whale River); Nord du Québec Region (Nunavik); Québec; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Inuit [Great Whale River/Kuujjuaraapik]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/262
label: Barcode
content: 260262.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Sedna Holding Her Tail
label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 14.5 x 16.8 x 8.5 cm