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Sculptor:
Dallin, Cyrus Edwin 1861-1944  Search this
Subject:
Massasoit  Search this
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base boulder: Sioux quartzite: Adjacent boulder: limestone
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners 4600 East 63rd Street Kansas City Missouri 64130
Located 47 & Main Street Kansas City Missouri
Date:
Cast 1920. Dedicated May 6, 1979
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987.
Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2004.
Image on file.
DALLIN (On plaque on quartzite boulder:) This Sioux Quartzite boulder was/brought from Minnesota to the farm of Ralph Dooley at Bosworth,/ Missouri by glaciers more than 500,000 years ago. signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
A standing figure with long braids and a feather in his hair. He holds a pipe in his proper left hand, with two miniature bears on it, and wears a loincloth. The figure stands on a boulder. To the left front of the figure is another boulder with a plaque and an authentic Indian grindstone.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic--Wampanoag  Search this
Control number:
IAS 87570004
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_292547