Chief Iuka, (sculpture).

Chief Iuka, (sculpture).

Nunley, Leeroy, sculptor.

Chief Iuka, (sculpture).

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Figure: painted concrete over a wire and steel form, with marbles, false teeth, copper bands, and an aluminum rod; Base: concrete and rock.

Figure: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 in.

An Indian Chief. He stands, raising his proper right hand to his forehead. His proper left arm is by his side and in his hand he holds a spear made from an aluminum rod with a concrete spear head. The base of the spear rests on the base by his feet and has several copper feathers attached. He wears a large feathered headdress made of concrete formed over a plow sweep. His eyes are marbles and his teeth are false teeth from a dentist's office. He wears copper bands around his upper arms and wrists and on the headdress at the hairline. Colored rocks from Alabama have been incorporated into the base.

Ethnic -- Indian

Figure male -- Full length

Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress

Occupation -- Other -- Chief

Object -- Weapon -- Spear

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Iuka

Don's Trading Post, 1109 Old Highway 25 South, Iuka, Mississippi 38852

Sculpture was commissioned by Don Clark.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

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