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Rebekah, (sculpture). Artist:  White Bronze Monument Company, fabricator. Title:  Rebekah, (sculpture). Dates:  1904. Medium:  White bronze on a concrete base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Cast metal base: approx. 12 ft. x 5 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. 11 in.; Concrete base: approx. 2 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. Inscription:  (Proper right on base:) White Bronze Monument Co., Des Moines, IA (Base front:) Erected/by volunteer offerings/of/subordinate/ledges/encampments/and/Rebekah Degree/of/Indiana/1904 (Base proper left:) I.O.O.F./Abraham (Base proper right:) David/and/Jonathan (Base rear:) P.I.O.O.F.A. (Lower base front:) MOVED AND RESTORED/THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF/GRACE WINGLER/PRESIDENT OF THE/REBEKAH ASSEMBLY OF INDIANA/1977 AND 1978/AND HER CARDINALS unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Standing female figure of Rebekah holding a jug on her proper right shoulder. Base has numerous decotations. Carved and painted on the base front at the top is a dove and at the bottom is an hour glass and a farm tool. On the proper left side is an I.O.O.F. Hut at the top and a casket with angels on top of it and paddles at the bottom. On the proper right is a half moon and stars at the top and a planet and hand with a heart in the middle of it. On the rear base are carved orchids or flowers at the top and an I.O.O.F. symbol of interlocking chains at the bottom. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Rebecca Object -- Other -- Container Animal -- Bird -- Dove Object -- Flower Landscape -- Celestial -- Moon Landscape -- Celestial -- Star Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Greensburg Sculpture Owner:  Odd Fellow/Rebekah Home, 1021 East Central, Greensburg, Indiana 47240 Remarks:  This piece was formerly located at the orginal building for the Rebekah nursing home. When the original building was demolished in 1978, the piece was moved to its present location on the east side of the House of Rebekah nursing home. 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 IN000054   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000054 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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