Mother and Child
Henry Evaluardjuk
(Canadian (Inuit), 1923–2007)
1969
Object PlaceIqualuit, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/TechniqueWhalebone
DimensionsOverall: 41.3 × 29.2 × 18.4 cm (16 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.625
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1970, sold by the artist to Thomas and Helen Webster, Iqaluit, Canada. May 3, 2012, anonymous sale, Walker’s Fine Art and Estate Auctioneers, Ottawa, lot 25, to Fred and Joyce Sparling, Pittsboro, NC; 2019, gift of Fred and Joyce Sparling to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2019)
about 1840–50
about 1840
about 1750
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
about 1840