M0008898: Portrait of a "West Coast Indian Drummer", by W. Langdon Kihn

Date:
13 July 1943
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/78/1
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Contains: 1 image

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Credit

M0008898: Portrait of a "West Coast Indian Drummer", by W. Langdon Kihn. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Portrait of American Indians by W. Langdon Kihn.

Description

Painting of a First Nation man from either British Columbia or Alberta wearing a headdress and holding a drum, by Wilfred Langdon Kihn c.1926. The painting was given the title "West Coast Indian Drummer" in the catalogue for an exhibition of drawings and paintings held by Langdon Kihn 26 January-26 February 1929 at the Nipnichsen Club in New York (see WA/HSW/CO/Ind/A/4). The painting was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but was sold at auction (Sotheby's Toronto, 26-28 October 1970, lot 251). Related images: M0008894, M0008895, M0008896, M0008897, M0008899.

Publication/Creation

13 July 1943

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

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