(George Bigheart Marker), (sculpture).

(George Bigheart Marker), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(George Bigheart Marker), (sculpture).

Sculpture: white marble; Base: polished granite with a concrete pad.

Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 ft. x 28 in. x 23 in.; Base: approx. 55 x 45 x 41 in.

(Incised in base, front:) GEORGE BIGHEART/BORN SEPT. 12, 1876/DIED JUNE 24, 1923/Although he sleeps,/His memory doth live./And cheering comfort,/To his mourners give. unsigned

Full-length figure of a female angel grasps the top of a cross with her upraised proper left hand. She holds a portion of her flowing garment in her proper right hand. She has shoulder-length hair and full-length wings. The cross is topped with a wreath of flowers. The sculpture is set atop a tiered granite base.

Homage -- Bigheart, George

Ethnic -- Indian -- Osage

Religion -- Angel

Emblem -- Cross

Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Gray Horse

Administered by Osage Nation, Administration, 819 Grandview, Pawhuska, Oklahoma 74056

Located Gray Horse Cemetery, County Road 5451, Little Star Drive, west of Mason Boulevard, Gray Horse, Oklahoma

Sculpture marks the burial site of George Bigheart (1876-1923) an Osage Indian.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.

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