Tambourine Style Drum and Beater: Sisiutl Hunter and Bear
Artist
Tom D. Hunt
(North American Indian, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), born 1964)
Date1993
MediumWood, animal skin, paint, and animal horn
Dimensions.1 (drum): 4 3/4 × 30 3/4 inches (12.07 × 78.11 cm)
.2 (drum beater): 3 × 2 × 25 1/4 inches (7.62 × 5.08 × 64.14 cm)
.2 (drum beater): 3 × 2 × 25 1/4 inches (7.62 × 5.08 × 64.14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan and Clinton Nagy
Object number2020.22.1.1,2
InscribedDrum inscribed on the interior of the birch frame with "Tribe: Southern Kwakiutl, Title: Sisiutl & Man, Artist: Carved by: Tom D. Hunt (also called Watawidi), Date: 93"
Beater inscribed on the reverse with "Tribe: Southern Kwakiutl, Title: Bear, Artist: Carved by Tom D. Hunt (also called Watawidi), Date: 93"
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DescriptionCircular drum with a painted image of "Sisiutl Hunter." The Beater is carved from a single piece of cedar in the form of a bear totem.ProvenanceSusan and Clinton Nagy, Los Altos, CA;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Copyright© Tom D. Hunt
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