The Oracle
date: label: Date created
content: 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Anirnik Oshuitoq (Annick Oshuitoq/Ainee Oshuitoq/Anergna Oshuitoq/Arnirnik Oshuitoq/Anargnak Oshuitoq/Arnick Oshuitoq), Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1902-1983
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: Purchased by Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) from an unknown source in 1980; 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: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/445
label: Barcode
content: 260445.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: The Oracle
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, ink
label: Techniques
content: Stone-cut printed, stenciled
label: Dimensions
content: 62.5 x 49.0 cm