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Central Avenue Medallions, (sculpture). Artist:  Navarrete, Juan, 1942- , sculptor. Navarrete, Patricia, 1942- , sculptor. Sice, Howard, 1948- , sculptor. Weigel, Doug, sculptor. T. A. Caid & Sons, fabricator. Title:  Central Avenue Medallions, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Dancers, (sculpture). Lizards, (sculpture). Snakes, (sculpture). Frog and Spiral, (sculpture). Abstract Geometric Symbol with Spiral, (sculpture). Abstract Figure with Spiral and Stars, (sculpture). Anthropomorph, Footprints and Elk, (sculpture). Kokopelli, (sculpture). Singers for Rain, (sculpture). Hunters, (sculpture). Wind Carrier, (sculpture). Hunter/Protector, (sculpture). Mountain Lion, (sculpture). Mountain Sheep, (sculpture). Abstract Mountain Sheep, (sculpture). Flute Players, (sculpture). Maiden, (sculpture). Triangular Figures, (sculpture). Two Human Figures, (sculpture). Two-Horned Figure, (sculpture). Duck Head, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed Nov. 9, 1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Navarrete and Sice medallions: sheet copper, with patina; Weigel medallions: sheet copper, copper pop rivets, and brass bolts, with verde green patina on disk and antique brown patina on figures. Dimensions:  300 medallions. Navarrete and Sice medallions, each: approx. D. 3/8 in. Diam. 37 1/4 in.; Weigel medallions, each: approx. D. 4 1/2 in. Diam. 37 1/2 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Three hundred circular medallions decorated with petroglyph designs depicting the artists' interpretations of various Native American symbols. There are twenty-two designs which are repeated. Each medallion is suspended from a pedestrian light pole. The six medallion designs made by the husband and wife team of Juan and Patricia Navarrete are based on Hohokam designs, and consist of: Dancers, four figures in a line holding hands and wearing headdresses; Lizards; Snakes, featuring pointed heads; Frog and Spiral, featuring a prevalent Hohokam abstract element, the spiral; Abstract Geometric Symbol with Spiral; and Abstract Figure with Spiral and Stars, featuring a figure with horns or horned headdress, possibly indicating a superhuman figure or deity. The six medallion designs made by Howard Sice consist of: Anthropomorph, Footprints and Elk, an Anasazi petroglyph featuring large hands and feet on the figure which possibly indicates that the design illustrated a myth; Kokopelli, an Anasazi petroglyph featuring two "flute-playing, hump-backed figures [which] represent supernatural or shaman-like beings that are associated with fertility ceremonies;" Singers for Rain, featuring "a line of human figures and rain clouds;" Hunters, an Anasazi design depicting hunters with weapons, a mountain sheep, and a headdress on one of the hunters; Wind Carrier, a Hohokam design featuring "an adult figure and children, circular and rectangular spirals and stars;" and Hunter/Protector, an Anasazi design featuring a human figure, mountain sheep, and star. The ten medallion designs made by Doug Weigel consist of: Mountain Lion, an Anasazi design with exaggerated claws; Mountain Sheep, an Anasazi design; Abstract Mountain Sheep, with abstract circular and linear Anasazi designs inside the mountain sheep; Flute Players, also known as Kokopelli, an Anasazi depiction of two figures playing flutes, wearing headdresses, and featuring backward-pointing feet; Maiden, an Anasazi depiction of a woman wearing "a headdress or hairbobs extending from the sides of her head and the characteristic prominent hands and feet;" Triangular Figures, featuring broad-shouldered figures "with headdresses and hairbobs or ornamental earrings;" Kokopelli, a figure playing flute, wearing headdress, in a hump-back posture common to Hohokam and Anasazi design; Two Human Figures, "two anthropomorphs with large hands and feet" possibly of Anasazi design; Two-Horned Figure, a Pueblo petroglyph of a fertility god, wearing sheep horns, carrying a staff, and featuring a hump that was thought to contain seeds, from which eagle feathers radiate; and Duck Head, "depicting a human figure with a duck head or duck headdress." Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Anasazi Ethnic -- Indian -- Hohokam Ethnic -- Indian -- Pueblo Mythology -- American Indian Ceremony -- Indian Ceremony -- Dance Figure group Abstract Abstract -- Geometric Performing Arts -- Music -- Flute Performing Arts -- Music -- Voice Occupation -- Hunter Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry Animal -- Reptile -- Lizard Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Animal -- Deer Animal -- Cougar Animal -- Sheep Animal -- Bird -- Duck Landscape -- Celestial -- Star Landscape -- Weather -- Rain Object -- Weapon Object -- Musical Instrument -- Flute Object Type:  Medallion Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Phoenix, Phoenix Arts Commission, 200 West Washington, Tenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Located Central Avenue, between Culver Street & Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona Remarks:  Funded by the City of Phoenix Percent for Arts Program. IAS files contain copy of Central Avenue Beautification Project brochure, which includes descriptions of the medallion designs and commentary about the Native-American origins of the designs. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994. City of Phoenix, Public Information Office, "The Central Avenue Beautification Project: Ancient Images in an Urban Oasis," Phoenix: City of Phoenix, Public Information Office, 1991. Phoenix Arts Commission, 1991. 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 66000012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66000012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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