Homeward Bound, (sculpture).

Homeward Bound, (sculpture).

Houser, Allan, 1914-1994, sculptor.

Homeward Bound, (sculpture).

1988. Copyrighted 1988.

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Approx. 71 x 150 x 19 in.

Allan Houser (copyright symbol) 88 signed

A full-length female figure with three sheep and a dog are crossing a log. The woman is a Navajo Indian and wears an ankle-length pleated skirt, tunic-styled sweater, blouse and her hair is in a ponytail. She carries a baby sheep. Two adult sheep walk in front of her and the dog follows.

Figure female -- Full length

Ethnic -- Indian -- Navajo

Animal -- Sheep

Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Norman

Administered by University of Oklahoma, Landscaping and Grounds, Physical Plant, Norman, Oklahoma 73019

Located University of Oklahoma, Between Adams Hall & Bizzell Library, Norman, Oklahoma

Gift of Ziegler, Earl & Fran, 1994.

Gift of alumni Earl and Fran Ziegler. First nearby plaque reads: Allan Houser (HA-O-ZOUS)/Chiricahua Apache/HOMEWARD BOUND/Bronze 1988/A gift to the student body in celebration of the/creative spirit of the artist Allan Houser./Gift of Alumni Earl and Fran Ziegler. Second plaque reads: For hundreds of years our ancestors have followed this way./They have listened to the mountains./They have listened to the animals./They have listened to the plants rooted in the earth./The spirit of the song, the spirit of the drum have carried them./Delmar Boni 1985

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.

"The Fred R. Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, Selected Works," Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, pg. 182.

OU People (University of Oklahoma), Summer 1996, pg. 2.

"The Fred R. Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, Selected Works," Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, pg. 182.

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