Drummer in Relief
- Title
- Drummer in Relief
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Public sculpture Bronze Bronze founding Bronze sculpture Music in art Indian art bronze (metal) marble (rock) sculpture (visual work)
- Creator
- Ahvakana, Larry
- Description
- A sculpture of a bronze drummer sitting upon a wooden base. The drummer has a small head compared to the rest of his body. The drum is large and round, resting on the figure's hand. Ahvakana; 11/94; Drummer in Relief; Bronze 1/12; 14x10x1 inches The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture
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- Location
- Oregon Health and Science University >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland Oregon
- Date
- 1975/2012
- Identifier
- 1995_portland_ohsu_a-h_02_a01
- Accession Number
- 1995_portland_ohsu_a-h_02_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Ahvakana, Larry
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 12 x 10 x 1 inches
- Material
- Sculpture relief original out of marble, foundry cast in bronze; 1/12, black walnut base
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1995 Oregon Health Sciences University. Artists A-H, Portland Oregon 1995_portland_ohsu_a-h
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) was formed in 1974 as the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center. It was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 and took its current name in 2001, as part of a merger with the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology in Beaverton.For a map of OHSU's Marquam Campus, see http://www.ohsu.edu/about/campusmap.pdf
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- The work represents an Inupiaq Drummer from Northern Alaska from Barrow, Alaska (The Top of the World). The drummer in the past was usually also a Medicine Man (Unatqut), today they are caretakers of tradition, oral historian. (Ahvakana, 1995)
