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  • Beach, Dennis D.,
     
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  • Ethnic -- Indian
     
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  • Portrait male -- Little Owl, Chief
     
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  • Animal -- Bird
     
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  • Occupation -- Other
     
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  • Dress -- Accessory
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Bethany Beach
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Chief Little Owl, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Beach, Dennis D., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Chief Little Owl, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Chief Little Owl II, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 1994.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: wood; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 30 ft. x W. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 6 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An elongated bust of a Native-American man wearing a headband, and with the stylized figure of an eagle on top of his head. The eagle's wings are draped down the side and back of the Indian's head.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Portrait male -- Little Owl, Chief -- Bust
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Occupation -- Other -- Chief
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Bethany Beach
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Bethany Beach, 214 Garfield Parkway, Town Hall, Bethany Beach, Delaware
    Located Garfield Parkway, Bethany Beach, Delaware
    Remarks: 
    May be a replacement for an earlier, similar sculpture by Peter Toth of the same name which had been installed at or near the same site prior to its destruction in 1992.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Delaware 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 DE000051
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