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Proud Heritage of the Indian, (sculpture). Artist:  Gail, Cari, sculptor. Skurja Art Castings, founder. Title:  Proud Heritage of the Indian, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Copyrighted 1992. Dedicated June 27, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze (Everdur alloy); Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. 12 in. x 8 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  POISAL Gail 1992 (copyright symbol) SKURJA ART CASTING (Plaque on side of sculpture, raised letters:) "PROUD HERITAGE OF THE INDIAN"/SCULPTOR-CARI GAIL/FOUNDRY-SKURJA ART CASTING/DEDICATED TO/YAVAPAI PRESCOTT INDIAN TRIBE/JUNE 27, 1992/DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF PRESCOTT/BY/PRESCOTT COMMUNITY ART TRUST signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  An Indian grandmother sits on a rock with a young boy in her lap. The grandmother has waist-length hair that flows behind her back. She wears a leather dress, moccasin boots, and a bracelet on her outstretched proper left hand. The boy is bare-chested and holds a toy bow with both hands. The grandmother and child are seated on a rock that is decorated on the back with a relief of the boy as a grown man. He has long hair and sits or kneels, wearing a loin-cloth and holding a bow in his proper left hand. The relief includes a deer, cliffs, and clouds. The sculpture represents the Yavapai creation myth of the "Monster Slayer" who is raised by his grandmother and grows up to make the world safe for people. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Yavapai Figure group -- Family Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Hunter Animal -- Deer Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Prescott Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Prescott Community Art Trust, P. O. Box 1112, Prescott, Arizona 86302 Located Sheraton Resort & Conference Center, Highway 69 at Highway 89, Prescott, Arizona Remarks:  Donated by the Prescott Community Art Trust and dedicated to the Yavapai Indians. IAS files contain article from the Prescott Courier (Arizona), June 19, 1992, discussing proposed locations for the sculpture. IAS files contain another undated article from the Prescott Courier (Arizona) and copy of dedication brochure. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1993. Gail, Cari, 2012. 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 AZ000482   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AZ000482 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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