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Hopkins, Mike,
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian
Dress -- Ethnic
Object -- Tool
Religion -- Old Testament
Object -- Furniture
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville
Bench
Sculpture
Cherokee Indian, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hopkins, Mike, sculptor.
Title:
Cherokee Indian, (sculpture).
Dates:
April 1992.
Medium:
Carved oak.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 33 in.
Inscription:
MH 4/92 (Incised on back of seat on lower front of sculpture: Verses 1 and 2 of Psalm 121, in the Cherokee language) signed
Description:
A chain saw carved sculpture of a Cherokee male standing, wearing a fringed buckskin clothing and a feathered headdress that extends down the entire back. His proper right hand holds a stone axe. There is a bench at the lower front of the sculpture with inscriptions and Indian symbols. The sculpture is carved from a tree trunk.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian -- Cherokee
Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
Object -- Tool -- Axe
Religion -- Old Testament -- Psalms
Object -- Furniture -- Bench
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville
Bench
Sculpture
Owner:
Russell, Keith & Caroline, 1900 Utica Pike, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130
Remarks:
The inscription on the bench is translated as: "I will lift mine eyes to the hills whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000494
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