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Exhibition History"Arrows of the Spirit: North American Indian Adornment from Prehistoric to Present," Mingei International, San Diego, California, August 27, 1999 - April 1, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 54.
Jemison, G. Peter, and Jolene Rickard. Where We StandL Contemporary Haudenosaunee Artists. Bloomfield, NY: Big Pond Printing, 1997, n.p.
Hill, Rick, ed. Stan Hill: The Spirit Released, A Circle Complete. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2001, p. 31.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 48.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 54.
Artist
Stan Hill
(1921 - 2003, Mohawk (Haudenosaunee), Turtle Clan)
Comb
Date1989
MediumMoose antler
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 2 3/4 in. (7.6 × 7 cm)
Object numberT0753
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextStan Hill was a high steel worker for most of his life until, at age 55, he began carving bone—an all but lost Iroquois tradition. Hill’s bone and antler combs represent some of his most engaging work. The form and iconography of his combs are based on the work of his ancestors who made such carvings until the late 1700s. Hill has had a great impact on the art of contemporary carving.Exhibition History"Arrows of the Spirit: North American Indian Adornment from Prehistoric to Present," Mingei International, San Diego, California, August 27, 1999 - April 1, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 54.
Jemison, G. Peter, and Jolene Rickard. Where We StandL Contemporary Haudenosaunee Artists. Bloomfield, NY: Big Pond Printing, 1997, n.p.
Hill, Rick, ed. Stan Hill: The Spirit Released, A Circle Complete. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2001, p. 31.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 48.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 54.
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