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Chief Schuemin, (sculpture). Artist:  Schu, Stan, sculptor. Title:  Chief Schuemin, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Chief Schumin, (sculpture). Dates:  June 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Golden oak. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 16 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Totem pole sculpture, chain saw carved from three limbs of a Golden oak tree. The tree is turned upside down so that the main trunk and a large limb form the "legs" for the sculpture. On the main trunk is the large head of an Indian chief wearing a headdress, with a tom-tom, a diamondback rattlesnake, and large-mouth bass carved into the smaller limbs. In the big limb that shoots off to the side is an Indian maiden, with two braves below her. At the bottom of the branch is a horse's hoof. Also included on the sculpture is a foxhead and two foxtails. The sculpture is set directly on the ground. Subject:  Figure group Ethnic -- Indian Occupation -- Other -- Chief Object -- Musical Instrument -- Drum Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Animal -- Fox Animal -- Fish -- Bass Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Georgetown Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Hilander, Gaylord & Fannie, 348 Johnson's Mill Road, Indian Summer Place, Georgetown, Kentucky 40324 Remarks:  Sculpture was commissioned by Gaylord and Fannee Hilander, and carved from a 3,000 pound, 100 year old tree that was pulled from the dam at Johnson's Mill, near the Hilander's horse farm, Indian Summer Place. The horse's hoof on the sculpture is in tribute to their farm. The sculpture was named by Fannee Hilander, who incorporated the artist's name of Schu into "Schuemin." IAS files contain the following related articles: Kentucky Living (Sept. 1993): pg. 8; Georgetown Graphic Newspaper (Kentucky), June 11, 1992, pg. 1; Lexington-Herald Leader, May 15, 1992, pg. C1, C3. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Lexington-Herald Leader (Kentucky), May 15, 1992, pg. C1. 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 KY000257   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000257 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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