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Nishnabe Gemaw, (sculpture). Artist:  Hillis, Tom, sculptor. Title:  Nishnabe Gemaw, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Copyrighted 1992. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: appears to be granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 33 x 48 x 66 in. Inscription:  (On back proper right pant leg, near foot:) (artist's mark of skull with H in center) HILLIS (copyright symbol) 1992 signed Description:  A portrait of Nishnabe Gemaw, dressed in buckskin pants and moccasins, stands with his proper right hand raised in the air while his proper left arm cradles a pipe to his abdomen. The figure's hair is in braids and two feathers hang from the proper right side of his head. The figure stands atop a boulder-like base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Nishnabe, Gemaw -- Full length Dress -- Ceremonial -- Indian Dress Object -- Other -- Pipe Ethnic -- Indian -- Ottawa Ethnic -- Indian -- Chippewa Ethnic -- Indian -- Potawatomi Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids Sculpture Owner:  Au-Nab-Awen Park, Northern section, between Ford Museum & Bridge Street, N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan Remarks:  Plaque approximately 20 feet away reads: NISHNABE GEMAW/(MICHIGAN INDIAN LEADER)/DONATED BY FRED MEIJER AS/TRUSTEE OF THE MEIJER FOUNDATION/TO THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS ON/BEHALF OF ITS NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY/SCULPTOR, TOM HILLIS. Three other plaques describe the three local tribes of Native-Americans: Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwa (Chippewa), and Potawatomi. A fourth plaque contains a map of the Great Lakes area in addition to a lengthy text. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000380   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000380 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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