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    		• Toth, Peter,
     
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    		• Figure male
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Two Harbors
     
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    		• Totem pole
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Indian Chief, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Toth, Peter, 1947- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Indian Chief, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1977.
    Medium: 
    Figure: wood, carved and painted; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 30 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A chain saw carved totem pole depicting a Native-American chief with his arms crossed in front of him and a single feather pointing straight up from the back of his headband. Parts of the figure are painted brown. The totem pole rests on a circular stone base surrounded by a fence.
    Subject: 
    Figure male
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Two Harbors
    Totem pole
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Two Harbors, Lake County Maintenance, 8 Highway 61 East, Two Harbors, Minnesota 55616
    Located Information Center, 8 Highway 61 East, Two Harbors, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    Plaque on front of fence surrounding sculpture reads: THIS SCULPTURE IS A CREATION OF ARTIST PETER/TOTH AND IS HIS GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA./IT IS ONE OF FIFTY SUCH MONUMENTS WHICH HE PLANS/TO ERECT, ONE IN EACH STATE OF THE UNION. THE/ARTIST IS MOTIVATED BY HIS GREAT DEVOTION TO THE/AMERICAN INDIAN AND HIS HOPE THAT HIS WORK/WILL DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING/DESCENDANTS OF THE "ORIGINAL AMERICANS."/LAKE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TWO HARBORS/ARE GRATEFUL AND PROUD THAT THE ARTIST/SELECTED THIS SITE FOR HIS MONUMENT IN MINNESOTA. IAS files contain a brochure describing the artist's plan to create a monument to Native Americans in all fifty states.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000342
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