Mother and Child

Syollie (Sarollie) Weetaluktuk (Canadian (Inuit), 1906–1962)

1950s

Object PlaceInukjuak, Quebec, Canada

Medium/TechniqueStone, sinew, ivory

DimensionsOverall: 25.4 × 17.8 × 12.7 cm (10 × 7 × 5 in.)

Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling

Accession number2019.628

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Provenance1950s, acquired by a private collector; sold by this private collector to John Houston, Houston Gallery North, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada; August 20, 2004, sold by Houston Gallery North to Fred and Joyce Sparling, Pittsboro, NC; 2019, gift of Fred and Joyce Sparling to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2019)