Rearing Bear
date: label: Date created
content: 1969
name: label: Culture/People
content: Inuit [Spence Bay/Taloyoak]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Josie Ittiruttak, Inuit [Spence Bay/Taloyoak], 1899-1975
label: Previous seller
content: VAG Gallery Shop
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 the Vancouver Art Gallery Shop (Vancouver, British Columbia) at an unknown date; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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place: label: Place
content: Taloyoak (Spence Bay); Kitkmeot Region (Qitirmiut); Nunavut; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Inuit [Spence Bay/Taloyoak]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/317
label: Barcode
content: 260317.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Rearing Bear
label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone, caribou antler
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished, incised, pegged
label: Dimensions
content: 4.8 x 2.8 x 5.8 cm