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    		• Hill, Joseph Tenderfoot,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- White Lake
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    In Honor of the Indian, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hill, Joseph Tenderfoot, sculptor.
    Title: 
    In Honor of the Indian, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1972. Copyrighted 1972.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze, copper, and black tin; Base: concrete epoxy and cement block.
    Dimensions: 
    Statue: approx. H. 7 ft. 1 in. x W. 4 ft.; Base: approx. 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A Native-American male figure, dressed in a loin cloth and wearing his hair in braids, stands with his arms raised above his head looking skyward. He wears a headband with two feathers sticking out of the back. The feathers signify the Long House People. The headband is a sphere representing mother earth the creator. In the headband there are four diamonds which represent the four salt waters or the four winds. The figure holds a long peace pipe in his proper left hand and strapped to his back is a quiver of arrows. The figure is placed atop a rough rock-like formation that includes three or four logs crossed to resemble a fire. The fire symbolizes a prayer of thanksgiving. The figure faces east and stands atop a base that is situated within a 5 ft. x 5 ft. square cement dugout.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Object -- Other -- Pipe
    Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- White Lake
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Restricted Owner, White Lake, New York
    Remarks: 
    The figure's hands and feet are modeled from the artist's own hands and feet. According to the artist, the sculpture is incomplete. The figure is missing the bow to use with his arrows. The artist believes that it is this imperfection which makes him strive further.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY000416
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