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    		• Hancock, Walker,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Homage -- Maschmeyer, Augustus, Mrs. (Jessie Tennille)
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Zuni Bird Charmer, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hancock, Walker, 1901-1998, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Zuni Bird Charmer, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Fountain to Zuni Bird Charmer, (sculpture).
    Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer Memorial, (sculpture).
    Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Bird Charmer, (sculpture).
    Hopi Indian Bird Charmer, (sculpture).
    Indian Bird Charmer, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1931. Dedicated April 18, 1932.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: granite; Plinth: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 4 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. x 3 ft. 2 in.; Granite base: approx. 3 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 1 1/2 in.; Bronze plinth: approx. 3 3/4 in. x 14 ft. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On granite base:) JESSIE TENNILLE MASCHMEYER MEMORIAL/THE GIFT OF/AUGUSTUS MASCHMEYER (On proper left side of bronze plinth:) WALKER HANCOCK/1931/(copyright symbol) (On back of bronze plinth:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Figure of a kneeling man with his proper right knee down and his proper left knee raised. Both arms are extended. Two birds sit on either hand. Figure's head is turned to his proper left. His hair is pulled back in a knotted pony tail. He wears a headband with a feather in it, and a loin cloth and a fringed robe is across his proper left knee. The bronze figure rests on a 3-part granite base, two sides of which comprise a drinking fountain. The base rests on a bronze plinth.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Zuni
    Animal -- Bird
    Homage -- Maschmeyer, Augustus, Mrs. (Jessie Tennille)
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of St. Louis, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, 5600 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
    Located Forest Park, Zoo, East End of Bird Cage, St. Louis, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Donated via a $12,0000 bequest by Augustus Maschmeyer to erect a memorial to his first wife, Jessie Tennille Maschmeyer. Mr. Maschmeyer's will left the design entirely up to the sculptor, but he did mention how fond Mrs. Maschmeyer had been of birds. IAS files contain copies of articles from St. Louis Globe-Democrat, June 19, 1931, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 10, 1959, both of which discuss the $12,000 bequest for the memorial, the creation of the sculpture, and the appropriateness of the subject matter; and St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 19, 1932, which discusses the informal dedication of the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1993.
    McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 10, 1959.
    St. Louis Globe-Democrat, June 19, 1931.
    St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 19, 1932.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 92.
    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 76000996
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