Tallelayu (Sedna)
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1980
name: label: Culture/People
content: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Koomwartok Ashoona (Kumwartok/Koomwatook/Kumortok/Komwartok), Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1930-1984
label: Previous owner
content: Ralph S. Bortman, Non-Indian, 1920-2004
label: Previous owner
content: Esther Bortman (Mrs. Ralph S. Bortman), Non-Indian, 1919-2005
label: Previous owner
content: Ellen McMurdie, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Ellen McMurdie, Non-Indian
label: Honoree
content: Ralph S. Bortman, Non-Indian, 1920-2004
label: Honoree
content: Esther Bortman (Mrs. Ralph S. Bortman), Non-Indian, 1919-2005
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Ralph S. Bortman (1920-2004) and Esther Bortman (1919-2005); inherited by their daughter Ellen McMurdie and donated to NMAI in 2005 in memory of Esther and Ralph Bortman.
label: Contact Us
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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: 26/5358
label: Barcode
content: 265358.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Tallelayu (Sedna)
label: Object Name
content: Sculpture
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 71 x 41 x 18.7 cm