- Artist:
- Hill, Joan
- Title:
- Voice of the drum circles the sun
- Description:
- A stylized painting of a man facing the viewer in front of a black hillside. His black trousers and black coat blend in with the background and are not visible. He is wearing a wide-brimmed, high-crowned white hat, a black coat with a fur collar, a white shirt and two rows of conchos around his waist. A long white scarf is draped over his left arm, and he is holding a drumstick in his left hand. In his right hand, he is holding a drum, and he appears to be singing. The sky above the hill is red with a white moon on the left.
- Subjects:
- Creek (culture or style) Cherokee (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.64
- Size:
- image: 37 x 32 3/4 in.; framed: 36 x 31 3/4 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material)
- Media:
- Acrylic paint
- Signature:
- Joan Hill (CheaSeQuah) (script, lower right)
- Condition:
- undamaged
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow at the Five Civilized Tribes Museum's Master Art Show, September 20, 1981. This painting received the Grand Award at the Five Civilized Tribes Museum's 1981 Master Art Show, September, 1981. On the painting stretcher: "'The Voice Of The Drum Circles The Sun' acrylic 32 X 36 Joan Hill Chea Se Quah 79 & 81 Creek & Cherokee." Taped to the back of the frame: "'The Voice Of The Drum Circles The Sun' Drums were believed to be sacred or mysterious having great power because of the spiritual nature attributed to music. The drum represented all of life's forces and its rhythm was symbolical of the rhythm of the entire universe the heart throb of all creation. Music marked every occasion of the Indian's life whether large or small, happy or sad, important or unimportant and no occasion was complete without the drum."
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Voice of the drum circles the sun", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.64.html
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