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Artworks
STANLEY “STAN” CLIFFORD HUNT (1954-) KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW, FORT RUPERT, B.C.
Killer Whale Rattle, August 1986red cedar, acrylic paint, cedar bark, copper, and abalone, 14.25 x 10.75 x 5 in (36.2 x 27.3 x 12.7 cm), measurements reflect overall dimensions with artist made base.
signed and dated, "STAN HUNT III / 8/86";
signed and dated again on base, "STAN HUNT III / 8/86".LOT 114
ESTIMATE: $900 — $1,200
PRICE REALIZED: $1,440.00Further images
An earlier, well-carved killer whale rattle by renowned Kwakwaka’wakw carver Stan Hunt, a direct descendant of Tlingit ethnologist George Hunt (1854 – 1933) and member of the Hunt family of...An earlier, well-carved killer whale rattle by renowned Kwakwaka’wakw carver Stan Hunt, a direct descendant of Tlingit ethnologist George Hunt (1854 – 1933) and member of the Hunt family of artists and scholars. The rattle has several abalone and copper inlays and a spruce root wrapped handle. The imagery of the rattle is very strong and features a Dzunukwa with human hair as a blowhole and flukes that are anthropomorphized into a humanoid face.
— Christopher W. Smith
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