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O'Hara, Ginnousuke,
Harue, Teruko,
O'Hara, Keiko,
Object -- Other
Sundial
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
Sculpture
(Sundial), (sculpture).
Artist:
O'Hara, Ginnousuke, d. 1983, sculptor.
Harue, Teruko, assistant.
O'Hara, Keiko, assistant.
Title:
(Sundial), (sculpture).
Dates:
1979. Dedicated July 1980.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: metal; Base: gray with black chip terrazzo.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 3 in. x Diam. 18 in.; Base: approx. H. 36 in. x D. 16 in. x Diam. 34 in.
Inscription:
(Top front of sundial face:) Longitude 157 (degree symbol) 48' 50" W/Latitude 21 (degree symbol) 18' 38" N/Institute for Astronomy/Donator: Dialist Ginn. O'Hara/December 1979 (Front circular edge of sundial:) Institute for Sundial Ginn. O'Hara Assistant: Harue and Teruko and Keiko O'Hara (On proper right bronze plaque:) The first science which primitive people discovered/was the movement of heavenly bodies/Dialist Ginn. O'Hara (Additional plaques and inscriptions) unsigned
Description:
Round sundial rests atop a mushroom-shaped pedestal base . The sundial surface contains four compass points marked by capital letters E, W, N, S on the outer boundary and numbers 6 through 18 on rays from center top 2/3 of sundial's face. Gnomon stands on the #12 ray which is marked "N". A globe of the world is at the end of the gnomon. Continents and land masses are in bas- relief. The Hawaiian Islands are on the uppermost part of the globe.
Subject:
Object -- Other -- Sundial
Object Type:
Sundial
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
Sculpture
Owner:
University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Courtyard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
Ginnousuke O'Hara, a dialist with Japan's Research Institute for Sundials, presented the sundial he designed and built to the Institute for Astronomy on behalf of the Citizen Watch Company of Tokyo. IAS files contain articles from the Information Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii) dated February 21, 1993, pg. 1; and the Star Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii) dated January 22, 1980, pg.A2. IAS files also contain a complete transcription of the markings on the sundial. Sundial includes time capsule to be opened in 2030.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii 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 HI000018
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
HI000018
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