Man Removing Parka

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Date created: 1980-1981

Culture/People: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
Artist/Maker: Etulu Etidlooie, Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], b. 1946
Previous seller: Dorset Fine Arts
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

Collection History: Purchased by Inuit art collectors Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt, 1916-2013) and his wife Ellen Hays Witt (1917-2007) from Dorset Fine Arts (Toronto, Ontario) in 1981; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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Place: Cape Dorset (Kingait, Kinngait, Kingnait); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Dorset Island
Island Grouping: Baffin Island Group

See related items: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/253
Barcode: 260253.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Title: Man Removing Parka
Object Name: Figure
Media/Materials: Serpentine
Techniques: Carved, polished
Dimensions: 25.3 x 13.4 x 31.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b7e70961-08ca-404d-9e71-3738fd777aa5

Record ID: NMAI_276346