Indian Warrior, (sculpture).

Indian Warrior, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Robert Wood & Company, founder.

Indian Warrior, (sculpture).

Digital Reference:

73 x 29 x 26 in.

(On rocky ledge, by figure's left foot:) Robert Wood & Co./Makers/Phila unsigned Founder's mark appears.

Figure of a Native American brave standing with his left foot resting on a rocky ledge, his right hand holding an arrow, his left hand holding a bow, and his gaze directed off to his proper left. The figure has been painted green to resemble a green verdigris patina.

Figure male -- Full length

Ethnic -- Indian

Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow

James D. Julia, Inc. P.O Box 830, Fairfield, Maine 04937

Formerly in the collection of Smith, Heziah, Smithfield Mansion, Mt. Holly, New Jersey

Dearborn, Elwyn, Medford, New Jersey

The statue was formerly installed as the centerpiece of a boxwood garden on the estate of Heziah Smith, founder of Smithfield Village, which was home of the Smithfield Iron Foundery located near Mt. Holly, New Jersey. For additional information see: Carol A. Grissom's "Zinc Sculpture in America 1850-1950," pg. 144-150; and Marin Gridley's "America's Indian Statues," pg. 24 and pg. 89, which shows identical figures, one wearing a small feathered headdress.

SAAM Curatorial, 2009.

James D. Julia, Inc., Sale Aug. 25-28, 2009, lot 3107.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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