MS 1988-27 Eskimo drawing and prints
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- Dates:
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circa 1966
- Size:
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2 Prints (color, woodblock.)
8 Drawings (crayon, pencil.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1988-27
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection consists of two color woodblock prints and eight crayon/pencil drawings made by Inuit residents of Cape Dorset in Nunavut territory, Canada, circa 1966. The prints and drawings depict traditional Inuit subjects, including birds, bears, fish and hunting scenes.
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- Creators:
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The Arctic Circle (Gallery: Los Angeles, Calif.)
Witt, Ellen, 1917-2007
Witt, Bert
- Dates:
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1967-1987
bulk 1971-1986
- Size:
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634 Slides (photographs)
152 Photographs
1.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.004
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Arctic Circle records include materials gathered by Bert and Ellen Witt for their private gallery of Inuit art The Arctic Circle. These materials include native artists information which is organized by community, reference material organized topically, slides from the gallery's annual print collections as well as photographs of scupltures and textiles displayed in the gallery. Much of the reference material used by the gallery pertains to native communities in the Nunavet Territory of Canada such as Cape Dorset and Baker Lake as well as other small communities throughout the Northwest Territiories. Additionally photographs taken by Bert and Ellen Witt's son Tony during a trip to Canada in 1973 are included in this collection.