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Spirit of Kahuku, (sculpture). Artist:  Fisher, Jan Gordon, sculptor. Brown, Bruce, sculptor. Valley Bronze, Inc., founder. Title:  Spirit of Kahuku, (sculpture). Dates:  1989. Dedicated Jan. 8, 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: mixture of coral, rock, and white cement. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 48 x 32 x 26 in.; Base: approx. 67 1/2 x 42 x 22 in. Inscription:  1991 (copyright symbol) Jan G. Fisher Valley Bronze of Oregon (Plaque on front center of base:) State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Art in Public Places/Jan Gordon Fisher/Spirit of Kahuku, 1991/The "Spirit of Kahuku" symbolizes the Nobility, Strength, and/Courage of the staff and students of Kahuku High School and is/dedicated to all of the people of Hawaii./State of Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Muscled Hawaiian warrior seated with legs crossed in front while his proper right hand holds a club that rests on his proper left calf. The proper left arm is in a downward position and rests behind the proper left knee. The figure is wearing a loincloth. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Object -- Weapon -- Club Ethnic -- Hawaiian Allegory -- Place -- Hawaii Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Kahuku Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Located Kahuku High School, 56-490 Kamehameha Highway, Courtyard in front of gym off main street entrance to campus, Kahuku, Hawaii Remarks:  IAS files contain related article from Ke Alaka'i, Brigham Young University's newspaper, dated Jan. 8, 1991. Fisher designed, sculpted and cast the original "Spirit of Kahuku" as part of a seven figure sculpture honoring the culture which made possible the sugar industry which fueled Hawaii's prosperity beginning in the 1870s. That sculpture, commissioned by Kauai area sugar planters was dedicated in 1989 at Koloa, on Kauai. The Honolulu "Spirit of Kahuku" was cast from the original mold, with a traditional Hawaiian warriors club replacing the digging stick. Don Smiler, a former BYU-Hawaiian student, modelled for the sculpture; and the base was built by Bruce Brown. The sculpture was presented to Kahuku High School by Wendell Silva, the executive director of the State Foundation for Culture and the Arts. References:  State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1996. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii 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 HI000009   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture HI000009 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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