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Ehret, Albert,
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian
Object -- Weapon
Dress -- Accessory
Billboard
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Marshfield
Sculpture
(Marshfield Indian), (sculpture).
Artist:
Ehret, Albert, sculptor.
Title:
(Marshfield Indian), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Colloquial Kalija, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1951.
Medium:
Painted wood.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 ft. 2 in. x 17 1/2 in. x 16 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 13 x 14 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
"Polychromed wooden Indian on a rolling wooden base. This male figure with shoulder length dark hair wears a feathered headdress and beads around his neck. He wears a 'leather' jacket, red shirt, leather pants and apron which are adorned with fringes. In his proper left hand he holds the handle of a tomahawk. A small knife is tucked into his belt. He holds a bundle of cigars in his proper right hand, and another bundle between his proper left arm and his chest."
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian
Object -- Weapon -- Axe
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Billboard
Folk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Marshfield
Sculpture
Owner:
Marshfield Village Store, Route No. 2, Marshfield, Vermont 05658
Remarks:
IAS files contain article from Rutland Herald/Times Argus (Rutland, VT), March 6, 1988 and photocopied illustrations of the work. The sculpture is taken indoors each night and during the winter. It has been outside the store since 1951, except for seven years when it was located at a reservation.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey, 1992.
Rutland Herald/Times Argus (Rutland, VT), March 6, 1988.
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 VT000179
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
VT000179
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