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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Charleston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Damon and Pythias, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Damon and Pythias, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1927.
    Medium: 
    Stone.
    Dimensions: 
    5 ft. x 1 1/2 ft. x 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Badly worn inscription:) Glendale Lodge K.P. 78
    Description: 
    Two figures in high relief are located in a niche on the fifth floor of a former lodge. The figures flank a window in an archway above the main door of the lodge. The figures are in Roman dress and depict the namesakes of the former lodge. The figure on the left wears a helmet. He holds a sword across his chest with his proper right hand. His proper left hand holds a shield across his chest. His head is turned to the proper right. The figure to his right is dressed in Roman toga, with his proper right hand down at his side, and his proper left arm bent across his waist, left hand holding a scroll.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
    Mythology -- Classical -- Damon
    Mythology -- Classical -- Pythias
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Charleston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Washington Street West & Bigley Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia 25302
    Remarks: 
    These sculptures are located on a building built by the Elkana lodge, Knights of Pythias. The figures depict the namesakes of the now defunct lodge. The building is now a health facility. IAS files contain a related article from Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV), Nov. 11, 1921, pg. 10 which describes the construction of the building.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
    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 WV000022
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