Bird (Looking Two Ways)
Object Details
- Collection History
- 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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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1970
- Catalog Number
- 26/263
- Barcode
- 260263.000
- Culture/People
- Inuit [Baker Lake/Qamani’tuaq]
- Artist/Maker
- David Mannik (Manik), Inuit [Baker Lake/Qamani’tuaq], 1918-2007
- Previous seller
- Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd. (CAP/Canadian Arctic Producers/Canadian Arctic Producers Co-op)
- Previous owner
- Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013
- Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007
- Donor
- Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013
- Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Bird (Looking Two Ways)
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, polished
- Dimensions
- 13.3 x 5.3 x 11.0 cm
- Place
- Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq); Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada
- See related items
- Inuit [Baker Lake/Qamani’tuaq]
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_276356
