King Haiglar, Catawba Chief Weathervane, (sculpture).

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King Haiglar, Catawba Chief Weathervane, (sculpture).

Mathieu, J. B., sculptor.

King Haiglar, Catawba Chief Weathervane, (sculpture).

Hand cut gilded iron.

Approx. H. 5 ft. 1 in. x D. 1/2 in.

Weathervane representing King Haiglar as a full-length standing figure in profile. He wears a headdress, and is taking aim with a bow and arrow. There is a quiver on his back and stag's horns at his feet.

Portrait male -- Haiglar, King -- Full length

Ethnic -- Indian -- Catawba

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Camden

Administered by City of Camden, Street and Parks Maintenance, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, South Carolina 29020

Located B.C. Moore and Sons Department Store, 950 Broad Street, Camden, South Carolina

Gift of the artist to the town of Camden, then called Pine Tree Hill. Piece was placed on the summit of Market Steeple in 1826. It moved with the steeple to Old Tower & Market Streets in 1859. It moved from there to its present location, previously the Opera House, in 1886. King Haiglar, a Catawba chief, was a well known and much liked figure who protected the town against Indian attacks between 1750 and 1763. IAS files contain additional information, including related excerpts from the Kirkland, Sweet, and Poesch texts cited.

Surveyed 1993 December. Undetermined condition.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

Kirkland, Thomas J., "Historic Camden: Colonial and Revolutionary," Camden, SC: Kershaw County Historical Society, 1963, pg. 20-21.

Sweet, Ethel Wylly, "The Decorative Arts of Camden and Kershaw County, South Carolina," Camden, SC: Kershaw County Historical Society, 1981 pg. 10.

Poesch, Jessie, "The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Products of Craftsmen, 1560-1860," New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, pg. 209.

Poesch, Jessie, "The Art of the Old South," New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, pg. 209.

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