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Parker, Jim,
Parker, Jan,
Figure male -- Head
Ethnic -- Indian
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Watersmeet
Sculpture
Indian Head Road Sign, (sculpture).
Artist:
Parker, Jim, sculptor.
Parker, Jan, sculptor.
Title:
Indian Head Road Sign, (sculpture).
Dates:
1991.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sign: wood, carved and painted; Post: wood.
Dimensions:
Sign: approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 4 in.
Inscription:
(On back of sign, incised:) CREATED AND CARVED/BY/JIM JAN PARKER/1991 (On front of sign:) LAKE MARION signed
Description:
A polychromed road sign attached to a tall post. The sign depicts the profiled head of an Indian wearing a headdress. Text of the sign is below the head.
Subject:
Figure male -- Head
Ethnic -- Indian
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Watersmeet
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Lake Marion, US 2, east of Watersmeet, Watersmeet, Michigan
Remarks:
This road sign is a recent reconstruction of vintage road signs that were once common in Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula.
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 MI000209
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000209
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