Administered by City of Tucson Department of Parks and Recreation 900 South Randolph Way Tucson Arizona 85716
Located Udall Center 7200 East Tanque Verde Road Tucson Arizona
Date:
1989. Cast 1990. Dedicated May 1990
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona, Tucson survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Mark Rossi Desert Crucible Foundry, Tucson signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
The sculpture is made up of two sections: a female figure on a pedestal and a landscaped ellipse within a circular driveway. The figure depicts Tohono O'Odham, a Native American woman who is holding a woven basket with both hands extended outward in front of her. She is dressed in a long dress and coat with a scarf on her head. At her feet are deer antlers, a desert lizard, saguaro cactus flower, sea shell, piece of broken pot, stone mano, two sticks placed at a seventy-five degree angle and lashed together where they cross, and the head and torso of a primitive figure. The figure stands in the center of the landscaped ellipse. The image of I'itoi, the elder brother, is painted at the top opening of the design.
