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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Tuckerton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Indian, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1920. Dedicated Oct. 13, 1920. Rededicated May 21, 1981.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 6.5 ft. x 20 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 120 x 82 x 82 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On upper front of base:) (Relief of eagle with outstretched wings and shield at its front with T.O.T.E.)/IN MEMORY OF OUR BROTHERS/WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919 (On bronze plaque on front of base:) TRIBES/(List of names and tribes in two columns) (On lower front section of base, raised:) IMPROVED ORDER RED MEN/OF CAMDEN COUNTY N.J. (On plaque on lower front section of base, raised:) MEMORIAL TO ALL MEMBERS/IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN/GREAT COUNCIL OF NEW JERSEY/DEDICATED OCT 13 1920/CAMDEN NJ/REDEDICATED MAY 21 1981/TUCKERTON NJ unsigned
    Description: 
    A figure of an Indian chief, dressed in a loincloth and wearing an elaborate feathered headdress with tails that fall down his back, stands cradling a tomahawk with his arms folded across his upper chest. The figure is placed atop a decorated and inscribed base with an upper section modeled as a rock formation. The base is surrounded by a grouping of shrubs.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Occupation -- Other -- Chief
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Indian Dress
    Object -- Weapon -- Axe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Tuckerton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Traffic triangle, Route 9 & Great Bay Boulevard, Tuckerton, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    The figure memorializes those members of the Improved Order of Red Men who died during World War I. A plaque honoring all members of the Improved Order of Red Men was added to the base when the figure was rededicated. The figure was originally installed in Camden, New Jersey. It was rededicated May 21, 1981 in Tuckerton (New Jersey). IAS files contain a partial transcription of names on plaque.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996.
    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 NJ000233
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