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The Pioneers, (sculpture). Artist:  Chicopee Bronze Works, founder. Title:  The Pioneers, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Basin: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft.; Basin: approx. 56 x 88 x 64 in. Inscription:  M. H. Mossman (sic) Founder/Chicopee, Mass. unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Three-figure grouping consisting of two white male and one Native-American figure. All wear buckskin clothing and hold various weapons and tools such as axes, a bow, a hatchet and a musket. The central figure wears a wide-brimmed hat and a beard. On the front of the base is a buffalo head which spouts water into a round basin. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Ethnic -- Indian History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Animal -- Buffalo Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Des Moines Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Iowa, Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Located Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  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. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS IA000270   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IA000270 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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