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    		• Wolfe, Ralph A.,
     
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    		• Morrison, William J.,
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Animal -- Fish
     
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    		• Landscape -- Plant
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Sault Sainte Marie
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Crane of the Sault, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wolfe, Ralph A., sculptor.
    Morrison, William J., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Crane of the Sault, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 8, 1985.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: fiberglass, cast, bolted, painted green-brown; Pedestal: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 48 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.; Pedestal: approx. H. 55 in. x W. 52 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on front of pedestal, raised:) "THE CRANE OF THE SAULT"/Dedicated June 8, 1985/Given To The Citizens Of/Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and/Chippewa County/By/STELLA B. OSBORN/In Memory Of/CHASE S. OSBORN/And In Recognition Of His Contributions/To The History And Legendry Of The/Sault Ste. Marie Area/(column on bottom left of plaque:) Artists:/Ralph A. Wolfe/William J. Morrison unsigned
    Description: 
    A crane stands with an Indian boy to its proper left and a smaller Indian child sitting in front of it. The sitting child has its arms around a clump of cattails. The boy stands, wearing a headdress, and a loincloth around his waist, with a pouch and two other small items hanging from his loincloth on his proper left side. The boy has his arms around the crane's neck. At the boy's feet, on his proper left lies a fish. The sculpture is mounted on a three-tiered pedestal with a plaque on the front.
    Subject: 
    Children
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
    Animal -- Bird -- Crane
    Animal -- Fish
    Landscape -- Plant -- Cattail
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Sault Sainte Marie
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Chippewa County, Chippewa County Courthouse, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
    Located Chippewa County Courthouse, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift from Stella B. Osborn, in memory of Chase S. Osborn and in recognition of his contributions to the history of the Sault Sainte Marie area.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000328
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