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    		• Ong'esa, E. Omweri,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Literature
     
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    		• Ethnic -- African
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Disaster -- Drought
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Irving
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    In Search of Water, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ong'esa, E. Omweri, sculptor.
    Title: 
    In Search of Water, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1984.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: carved Kisii stone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 3 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 1 x 5 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Abstract human and animal figures appear to form a procession around a stone, as if ascending a mountain.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Literature
    Ethnic -- African
    Allegory -- Other -- Survival
    Disaster -- Drought
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Irving
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Caltex Oil (Kenya), 125 East John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, Texas 75062
    Remarks: 
    A plaque mounted in the flower bed in front of the sculpture reads: "In Search of Water/by/E. Omweri Ong'esa, Kenya/In Kisii Stone-1984/In an East African folklore tale about collective/responsibility for survival during an extended/droubt (sic), man and his animal neighbors unsuc-/cessfully dig for underground water. A waiting rabbit, with one kick, finds water, surprising the/tired larger animals, and a man carries a flag up/the mountain to signal success./Gift of Caltex Oil (Kenya) Limited."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Dallas survey, 1992.
    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 TX000199
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