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Heritage Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Morris, Joe Sequiche, sculptor. Title:  Heritage Pole, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Kansas Indian Heritage Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1977/1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Telephone pole, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 33 ft. x Diam. 61 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A carved "heritage pole," depicting native Kansans and their environment. At the bottom of the pole is a band with a small raised turtle topped with a lodge or Wichita grass house. Above the house is a Native-American family with a father and child topped by a mother and smaller child. These figures are topped by creatures of the North American prairie which were important to all Native Americans. First is a buffalo, topped by a beaver, and then an owl. Next come symbols of Kansas, in particular: a wheat sheaf, a figure of Coronado, a steer, a sunflower, and a meadowlark at the very top. Subject:  Allegory -- Place -- Kansas Figure group -- Family Ethnic -- Indian Portrait male -- Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Ethnic -- Spanish Animal -- Beaver Animal -- Bird -- Owl Animal -- Bird -- Meadowlark Animal -- Buffalo Animal -- Cattle Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Object -- Flower -- Sunflower Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Wichita, Department of Parks and Recreation, 455 North Main, 11th Floor, Wichita, Kansas 67202 Located Mid-America All-Indian Center, 650 North Seneca, Wichita, Kansas 67202 Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates Kansas history. The artist began carving the sculpture on weekends during the summer of 1977. After more than a year, he stopped work and the sculpture lay unfinished at Old Cowtown Museum. In February 1986, the Indian Center asked the artist to finished the sculpture. The sculpture was dedicated on the 10th anniversary of the Indian Center. The sculpture was made possible through KG&E, Dupaco Paint, and Ansco. IAS files contain related articles from the Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 20, 1986; and the Wichita Times (Nov. 1994): pg. 1, 11. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 37. Illustration:  Image on file. Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 20, 1986. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 37. 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 KS000553   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000553 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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