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    Pop Shaffer's Fence, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Shaffer, Pop, 1880-1964, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Pop Shaffer's Fence, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1931.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Concrete and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 50 in. x 75 ft. x 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On middle panel of fence, written in pebbles:) BUILT BY POP SHAFFER 1931 signed
    Description: 
    A cast concrete fence inlaid with stone creatures including giraffes, bears, lizards, monsters, snakes and human forms. The fence has nine panels and two stone gates. One of the gates has a devil face at the top. The fence encloses the Shaffer Hotel gardens.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Giraffe
    Animal -- Bear
    Animal -- Reptile -- Lizard
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Religion -- Satan
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Mountainair
    Gate
    Folk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Shaffer Hotel, Mountainair, New Mexico 87030
    Remarks: 
    The Shaffer Hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. IAS files contain citations to additional bibliographic sources on the artist and his works.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
    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 NM000373
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