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    		• Gordon Displays,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ironwood
     
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    Hiawatha, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gordon Displays, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Hiawatha, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1964.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: fiberglass; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 52 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 1/2 ft. (18,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on front of base, raised:) HIAWATHA/THE WORLD'S TALLEST INDIAN/52 FT. HIGH 18,000 LBS./ALL FIBERGLAS/ERECTED JUNE, 1964/IRONWOOD/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/DESIGNED AND BUILT BY/GORDON DISPLAYS INC./ST. PAUL MINNESOTA unsigned
    Description: 
    Standing figure of Hiawatha, dressed in traditional outfit, headdress and moccasins. His proper left hand holds a pipe which rests in the crook of his bent arm. His proper right arm extends forward.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Character -- Hiawatha
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object -- Other -- Pipe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ironwood
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Ironwood, Ironwood, Michigan
    Located Hilltop, South of Town, Ironwood, Michigan
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    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 MI000241
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