Spirit Bird
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1975
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: Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd. (CAP/Canadian Arctic Producers/Canadian Arctic Producers Co-op)
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 Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd. (Mississauga, Ontario) in 1976; 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: 26/252
label: Barcode
content: 260252.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Spirit Bird
label: Object Name
content: Sculpture
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished
label: Dimensions
content: 17.0 x 7.6 x 16.0 cm