Spirit
date: label: Date created
content: 1969-1970
name: label: Culture/People
content: Inuit [Spence Bay/Taloyoak]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Karoo Ashevak, Inuit [Spence Bay/Taloyoak], 1940-1974
label: Previous seller
content: Vancouver Art Gallery Museum 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 Museum Shop (Vancouver, British Columbia) in 1970; 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 (inferred)
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: 26/390
label: Barcode
content: 260390.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Spirit
label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Whale bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 18.5 x 16.0 x 50.5 cm