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(Indian with Headdress), (sculpture). Artist:  Nunley, Leeroy, sculptor. Title:  (Indian with Headdress), (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete molded over steel braces, with copper, seashells, marbles, stones, and metal parts. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 72 x 24 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 22 x 17 in. (600 lbs.). Inscription:  (Carved into concrete on back of headdress:) MADE/BY/LEEROY/NUNLEY/1990 signed Description:  An full-length standing figure on a male Indian. He stands with his proper right hand raised to his forehead. His proper left arm is by his side and he holds the shaft of a 51 inch metal spear, which rests on the base beside his proper left foot. He has a concrete headress with a pleated copper headband and two copper feathers on each side. He wears copper bands around his proper right upper arm and his proper left wrist. He wears a concrete animal skin (with marbles for eyes) over his back and a necklace made up of 21 seashells strung on a wire. He wears moccasins made of concrete. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian Figure male -- Full length Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Object -- Weapon -- Spear Object Type:  Folk Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Iuka Sculpture Owner:  Mars, Billy, Route 2, Highway 72, Iuka, Mississippi 38852 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000033   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000033 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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