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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Unknown,     Portrait male -- Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah, Chief     Ethnic -- Indian     Occupation -- Other     Object -- Weapon     Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Fairfax     Gravestone     Sculpture

(Chief Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Marker), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (Chief Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Marker), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Chief Nick, (sculpture). Dates:  1923 (?). Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 22 in. x 16 in.; Base: approx. 7 1/2 ft. x 57 in. x 44 in. Inscription:  (On base, front, raised letters:) CHIEF/(Incised:) NE-KAH-WAH-SHE-TUN-KAH/BORN IN OSAGE CO. 1839/DIED AUG. 3, 1923/HE WAS GOVERNOR OF THE/OSAGES FOUR TIMES/AND A MEMBER OF THE/COUNCIL SEVEN TIMES/HIS SOLE AIM IN LIFE WAS THE/WELFARE OF HIS PEOPLE unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of Chief Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah (also known as Chief Nick) stands on a plain square pedestal on a two-tiered base. He wears a robe with a traditional Osage ribbon border around his lower torso, and a peace medal around his neck. He also wears leggings and skin boots. His head is shaven except for a strip in the center. He holds a metal-headed tomahawk in his proper left hand close to his chest. Subject:  Portrait male -- Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah, Chief -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Osage Occupation -- Other -- Chief Object -- Weapon -- Axe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Fairfax Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Owned Drexil, Francis Mrs., 800 South 6th, Fairfax, Oklahoma 74637 Located Fairfax Cemetery, 800 block of Taft Avenue, Section D, Fairfax, Oklahoma Remarks:  Sculpture marks the burial site of Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah, an Osage Chief (1839-1923). IAS files include a nomination form from the National Register of Historic Places (listed May 1979) #79002012. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma 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 OK000222   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000222 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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