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Starritt, Ralph Fulton,
Ethnic -- Indian
Ethnic -- Indian
Figure group -- Family
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Yreka
Sculpture
(Karuk and Shasta Indian Family Group), (sculpture).
Artist:
Starritt, Ralph Fulton, sculptor.
Title:
(Karuk and Shasta Indian Family Group), (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: welded found metal and sheet metals; Base: mixture of granite, soapstone, quartz and other local rocks.
Dimensions:
3 figures.
Description:
An abstract of a Karuk and Shasta Indian family group. An adult male is standing, holding a drawn bow in his outstretched proper right hand with his proper left hand drawn back, poised to release the bowstring and arrow. The adult female is squatting, with her proper right hand holding a pestle and with a mortar sitting between her legs. The child is standing, and holds a bow in his proper left hand and several arrows in his proper right hand.
Subject:
Ethnic -- Indian -- Karuk
Ethnic -- Indian -- Shasta
Figure group -- Family
Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Yreka
Sculpture
Owner:
City of Yreka, Recreation, 701 4th Street, City Hall, Yreka, California 96097
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
At the time of the SOS! survey, the sculpture was not yet completed and was to be installed outside an Indian round house at the Native American Heritage Park on West Miner Street, Yreka, California. IAS files contain detailed dimensions.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA000495
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000495
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