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    		• Fry, Sherry Edmundson,
     
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    		• Gruet,
     
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    		• McCall Granite Works,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Mahaska
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Oskaloosa
     
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    Chief Mahaska, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Fry, Sherry Edmundson, 1879-1966, sculptor.
    Gruet, founder.
    McCall Granite Works, contractor.
    Title: 
    Chief Mahaska, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1907. Dedicated May 12, 1909.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: grey granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 10 in. x 28 in. x 25 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. 1in. x 7 ft. 11 in.
    Inscription: 
    (North side of figure, incised on bronze base:) E. GRUET JNE FONDEUR/PARIS (South side of figure, incised on bronze base:) S.E. Fry/1907 (U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Benchmark from 1934 is on northwest corner of base) (West side of base, on bronze plaque, raised:) MAHASKA (South side of base, on bronze plaque, raised:) MAHASKA FOR WHOM MAHASKA COUNTY/WAS NAMED WAS A CHIEF OF THE IOWAY/TRIBE OF INDIANS HE LIVED AT PEACE/WITH THE WHITE MAN AND WAS/SLAIN BY AN INDIAN IN 1834/AT THE AGE OF FIFTY YEARS/IN WHAT IS NOW CASS COUNTY IOWA (East side of base, on bronze plaque, raised:) PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF OSKALOOSA/BY/JAMES DEPEW EDMUNDSON/IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER/WILLIAM EDMUNDSON/WHO SETTLED IN IOWA IN 1836 AND WHO/AS SHERIFF UNDER APPOINTMENT BY THE/TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE HAD CHARGE/OF THE ORGANIZATION OF MAHASKA COUNTY/WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON THE 13 DAY OF MAY 1844 (North side of base, on bronze plaque, raised:) THE IOWAYS A POWERFUL TRIBE OF INDIANS/FOR WHICH THE STATE OF IOWA WAS NAMED/AT ONE TIME INHABITED THE SOUTHEASTERN/PORTION OF THE TERRITORY WHICH NOW/CONSTITUTES THE STATE OF IOWA AND WHICH/INCLUDES IN ITS BOUNDARIES/THE COUNTY OF MAHASKA signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing figure of Chief Mahaska of the Ioway tribe, dressed in a heavy animal skin robe, long pants, and moccasins. On his head he wears a small feathered headdress. With his proper left arm he wraps his animal skin robe around him. His proper right hand holds a large bird wing down by his side. The sculpture is mounted on a tall, stepped grey granite base. The base is adorned with four bronze plaques, one with a brief account of the life of Chief Mahaska, one with the story of the Ioway Indians, one with dedication information, and one with the name Mahaska.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Mahaska -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Chief
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Iowa
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Oskaloosa
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Oskaloosa, Park Board, City Hall, 220 South Market, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577
    Located City Park, Market Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was the gift of James Depew Edmundson, who wished to honor his late father, William, an early settler of Mahaska County, Iowa and the first Mahaska County sheriff. While visiting Paris in 1906, Edmundson contacted the noted American sculptor, George Bissell, who introduced him to a young sculptor and Iowa native, Sherry Edmundson Fry. The sculpture of Chief Mahaska (ca. 1784-1834) was created in Paris, France and was first displayed as a model in the 1907 Paris Salon. The next year when Fry exhibited the completed sculpture, it was awarded the Prix de Rome. The statue arrived at Rock Island depot in Oskaloosa in September of 1908. The base was funded by contributions of coins from school children. McCall Granite Works supplied and installed the base. The statue was unveiled on Mahaska Day, May 12, 1909 to an estimated crowd of about 12,000. IAS files contain copies from Mahaska County Historical Society, "Mahaska County - Our Rich Heritage," Oskaloosa, Iowa: Mahaska County Historical Society, April 1961; and newspaper articles which detail the dedication and mention funding of the base. IAS files also contain copy of Oct. 16, 1999 rededication pamphlet.
    Conservation: 
    Treated 1999 June-July. Russell-Marti Conservation Services, Inc. (California, MO). Treatment report on file with conservator and City of Oskaloosa, City of Oskaloosa Historic Preservation Commission and Oskaloosa Park Commission.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1994.
    Mahaska County Historical Society, "Mahaska County - Our Rich Heritage," Oskaloosa, Iowa: Mahaska County Historical Society, April 1961.
    SOS Assessment Award, 1998.
    SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1998.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 1999.
    SOS Achievement Award, 2000.
    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 IA000009
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