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    		• Novelli, Samuel,
     
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    		• Novelli & Calcagni Company,
     
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    		• Southworth, Frank,
     
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    		• B. C. Southworth & Son,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Menominee, Chief
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Plymouth
     
     
    Chief Menominee Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Novelli, Samuel, b. 1864, carver.
    Novelli & Calcagni Company, fabricator.
    Southworth, Frank, designer.
    B. C. Southworth & Son, contractor.
    Title: 
    Chief Menominee Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 4, 1909. Rededicated Sept. 18, 2009.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 42 in. x 42 in.; Base: approx. 10 x 7 x 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left bottom front of base:) B. C. SOUTHWORTH & SON, PLYMOUTH/CONTRACTORS (On front of base:) IN MEMORY OF CHIEF MENOMINEE/AND HIS BAND OF 859 POTTAWATTOMIE INDIANS/REMOVED FROM THIS RESERVATION/SEPT. 4. 1838 BY A COMPANY OF SOLDIERS/UNDER COMMAND OF GENERAL JOHN TIPTON/AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNOR DAVID WALLACE/GOVERNOR OF INDIANA J. FRANK HANLY/AUTHOR OF LAW/REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL McDONALD, PLYMOUTH./TRUSTEES/COL. A. F. FLEET, CULVER,/COL. WILLIAM HOYNES, NOTRE DAME,/CHARLES T. MATTINGLY, PLYMOUTH./SITE DONATED BY JOHN A. McFARLIN/1909
    Description: 
    Full-length heroic portrait of Chief Menominee. He wears a ceremonial robe, full feather headdress and necklaces. His proper right hand is extended with the palm turned up. His proper left hand hangs at his side, clutching the side of his robe. The granite sculpture stands on a tall granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Menominee, Chief -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Potawatomi
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Indian Dress
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Plymouth
    Owner: 
    Administered by Marshall County Commissioners, 112 West Jefferson, Room 205, Plymouth, Indiana 46563
    Located Chief Menominee Memorial Site, South Peach Road, just north of W. 13th Road, Plymouth, Indiana 46563
    Remarks: 
    Chief Menominee was head of the Pottowattomie Indian tribe which at one time lived in the area of Marshall County. The sculpture was funded by a 1907 state appropriation of $2,500. B.C. Southworth & Son submitted the winning bid to construct the monument. The firm of Novelli & Calcagni (Samuel Novelli and Joseph Calcagni) of Barre, Vermont carved the monument based on drawings submitted to the firm by Frank Southworth of B.C. Southworth & Son. For additional information see articles in the Plymouth Democrat, Sept 9, 1909 and Dec. 3, 1908.
    Numerous Marshall County newspaper articles and Josephine Murphy in her publication, "Novelli, A Forgotten Sculptor" (Boston: Branden Books, 2003), list James Novelli as the carver, but research for the National Register Of Historic Places determined Samuel Novelli of the firm Novelli & Calcagni was the carver. The National Park Service listed the Chief Menominee Memorial Site on the National Register of Historic Places in Dec. 2011. IAS files contain excerpts from the National Register of Historic Places form.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    Garner, Kurt, 2010.
    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 IN001074
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