Standing Seal

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Date created: 1968

Culture/People: Inuit [Rankin Inlet/Kangiqliniq]
Artist/Maker: Bernadette Ivalooarjuk-Saumik (Bernadette Saumik), Inuit [Rankin Inlet/Kangiqliniq], b. 1938
Previous seller: Vancouver Art Gallery Museum Shop
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 the Vancouver Art Gallery Museum Shop (Vancouver, British Columbia) in 1969; donated to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001.
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Place: Repulse Bay (Naujaat); Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada

See related items: Inuit [Rankin Inlet/Kangiqliniq]; Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/394
Barcode: 260394.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Title: Standing Seal
Object Name: Figure
Media/Materials: Whale bone
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: 62 x 24 x 28 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69f5394a4-4b43-4874-ac8d-30a2e644155f

Record ID: NMAI_276487