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    		• Fortney, Robert,
     
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    		• Baker, Richard,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Architecture -- Domestic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Village of Paris
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (The Indian), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Fortney, Robert, designer.
    Baker, Richard, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (The Indian), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Chief Sun-Fe-Toe, (sculpture).
    Chief Osceola, (sculpture).
    Chief Wah-hoo, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1937-1938. Probably cast 1938.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 8 in. x 32 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 36 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base:) 1937 WPA 1938 unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length male Indian stands in profile on a square base. He faces east and wears a long headdress with twenty-one feathers. There are geometric patterns on the figure's south side to signify clothing. His proper right hand is raised. The plaque on the base contains a low relief of a teepee surrounded by 9 triangular-shaped evergreen trees and a crescent moon. The entire sculpture is surrounded by a fence.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Architecture -- Domestic -- Tepee
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Village of Paris
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Mecosta County, Parks Commission, 22250 Northland Drive, Paris, Michigan 49338
    Located Paris Park, Village of Paris, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was built under the Works Progress Administration, possibly as part of a renovation of the Paris Fish Hatchery in the 1930s. Robert Fortney, the hatchery supervisor who is said to have designed the sculpture, named the figure Sun-Fe-Toe, reportedly after an area chief. It was nick-named "Chief Wah-hoo" by WPA workers. The actual construction of the work was done by Richard Baker, a worker at the hatchery. IAS files contain a related article from the Pioneer (Big Rapids, MI), Nov. 9, 1985, pg. A1, 8.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Pioneer (Big Rapids, Michigan), Nov. 9, 1985, pg. A1, 8A.
    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 MI000705
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