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    Cahokia - A Heritage Revisited, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Jackson, Preston, sculptor.
    Tinsley, Barry 1942- , assistant.
    Title: 
    Cahokia - A Heritage Revisited, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 12 ft. W. 18 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Signed proper left side) signed
    Description: 
    Two sets of bronze doors set into a larger relief of hawks and crows in flight above the Monks mound. Most of the birds are in low relief. In the upper corner two larger birds in high relief are depicted with their wings spread flying toward each other.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Hawk
    Animal -- Bird -- Crow
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Cahokia
    Object Type: 
    Door
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Collinsville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Illinois, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Historic Sites, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62701
    Located Cahokia Mounds Historic Site, P. O. Box 681, Interpretive Center Entryway, Collinsville, Illinois 62234
    Remarks: 
    See IAS files for brochure guides to Cahokia Historic Site and postcards of interior and exterior bird reliefs. The exterior piece was done by Preston Jackson and installed by Barry Tinsley. Jackson also designed the interior bronze exit doorway reliefs in the Cahokia Interpretive Center.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois 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 IL000161
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