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    		• J.L. Mott Iron Works,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Sequoyah
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Calhoun
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Sequoyah, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    J.L. Mott Iron Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Sequoyah, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1927.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: fieldstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. 2 in. x W. 2 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 7 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On sign at bottom of sculpture:) THE J.L. MOTT/IRON WKS. NY (On inlaid plaque on front of base:) SEQUOYAH/ORIGINATOR OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN ALPHABET/TWO MILES EAST OF THIS SPOT IS NEW ECHOLS, THE LAST/INDIAN CAPITAL IN GEORGIA, WHERE SEQUOYAH LIVED/HERE WAS PUBLISHED THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX, ONLY/NEWSPAPER EDITED IN AN INDIAN LANGUAGE. INDIAN/CEMETERY IS AT NEW ECHOTA, WHERE WAS SIGNED/IMPORTANT TREATY CEDING LANDS TO THE UNITED STATES unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Sequoyah stands with head turned to the proper left, his proper left foot elevated on a rock. He holds a bow with his proper left hand and an arrow with his proper right hand. The bottom of his bow rests near his proper left foot. He wears feathers on his head, fringed leggings, a bear tooth necklace and a blanket draped over his proper left shoulder. The sculpture has a powdery red coating with splotches of grayish-green. The sculpture is mounted on a graduated base that flares out slightly at the bottom.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Sequoyah -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Cherokee
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
    Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry
    Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
    Object -- Other -- Feather
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Calhoun
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Calhoun, Parks and Beautification Department, 255 Kirby, Calhoun, Georgia 30701
    Located The Arch, Intersection of Routes 41 & 225, Calhoun, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture commemorates Cherokee Indian, Sequoyah, who originated the Cherokee alphabet; and marks the location of New Echota, the last Indian capital in Georgia. IAS files contain related excerpt from Oliver A. Knapp's "Chief Kisco and His Brothers," Mount Kisco, NY: Mount Kisco Historical Committee, pg. 29.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000502
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