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Teters, Charlene,
History -- United States
History -- United States
State of Being -- Death
Ethnic -- Indian
Landscape -- Cemetery
Abstract
Obelisk
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
Sculpture
Wounded Knee Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Teters, Charlene, 1952- , sculptor.
Title:
Wounded Knee Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
American Holocaust, (sculpture).
Dates:
1992.
Medium:
Adobe, nylon stockings, toys and metal.
Dimensions:
Approx. 6 x 10 x 20.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Two pillars flanking a symbolic grave site, representing the genocide of Native Americans. The pillars are constructed of adobe bricks encrusted with stereotypical Indian artifacts and toys. The symbolic gravesite is strewn with sand-filled nylon stockings, intended to resemble body parts flung into a common grave.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Indian Wars
History -- United States -- Wounded Knee
State of Being -- Death -- Murder
Ethnic -- Indian
Landscape -- Cemetery
Abstract
Object Type:
Obelisk
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
Sculpture
Owner:
College of Santa Fe, Visual Arts, 1600 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Remarks:
IAS files contain a related article from Signals: Vol 2, no. 2 (July/Aug. 1993): pg. 6-11.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Signals: Women's News, Culture, Politics Vol. 2, no. 2 (July/Aug. 1993): pg. 7.
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 NM000103
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NM000103
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