Letter opener
date: label: Date created
content: 1947-1960
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Maree B. Hamblin (Maree Berry Hamblin), Non-Indian, 1908-1989
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: Collection history unknown, but said to have been acquired between 1947 and 1960; formerly in the collection of Maree B. Hamblin (1908-1989), a teacher who worked in Alaska for many years; acquired by Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) from Maree Hamblin in 1981; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/203
label: Barcode
content: 260203.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Letter opener
label: Media/Materials
content: Walrus Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, etched
label: Dimensions
content: 18.7 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm