Bible Study
Ennutsiak
(Canadian (Inuit), 1896–1967)
about 1955
Object PlaceIqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/TechniqueStone, ivory
DimensionsOverall: 9.5 × 11.4 × 14 cm (3 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.631
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1950s, acquired from the artist by a private collector [see note 1]; November 10, 2008, sold by this private collector at Waddington’s Auctions, Toronto, Canada, lot 216, to Fred and Joyce Sparling, Pittsboro, NC; 2019, gift of Fred and Joyce Sparling to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2019)
Notes:
[1] The Waddington’s Auctions record for the sculpture states: “Acquired directly from the artist by the vendor, a nurse working up north in the 1950s.”
Notes:
[1] The Waddington’s Auctions record for the sculpture states: “Acquired directly from the artist by the vendor, a nurse working up north in the 1950s.”
1980–1985
