Mussel Rattle
Artist
Stan E. Hunt III
(North American Indian, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), British Columbia, 1958 - 2011)
Date1998
MediumWood, pigment, hair, cedar bark, and mussel shells
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 11 × 2 1/2 inches (39.37 × 27.94 × 6.35 cm)
Assembled (on mount): 14 3/4 × 12 × 5 inches (37.47 × 30.48 × 12.7 cm)
Assembled (on mount): 14 3/4 × 12 × 5 inches (37.47 × 30.48 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard and Mary Ellen Meredith
Object number2025.90.8
Signed"III Stan Hunt" handwritten in black ink at base of handle. On the underside of mount base there is also a round; white self-adhesive sticker handwritten in black ink on the underside: "Mussel Rattle S. Hunt, $750 - SCH98001. Also handwritten in black ink is: "Kwakiutl Mussel Shell Stan Hunt III 10/5/98"
On View
On viewGallery Location
DescriptionCarved rattle made in the form of a large mussel with cedar bark rope along top edge and fibe white horsehair tassels along the bottom edge.Provenance- 206
Collection of Howard and Mary Ellen Meredith;
With America Meredith, Norman, Oklahoma;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
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