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    		• Pasco, Duane,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Mythology -- American Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Tsonqua, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Pasco, Duane, 1932- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Tsonqua, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Tsonoqua, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1973. Installed 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cedar, painted; Base: concrete, metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length stylized female figure of Tsonqua, a mythical giant in Northwest Indian lore. She stands upright, her knees slightly bent and her arms outstretched. The cedar figure is painted black with green, red and white highlights. Her breasts are painted with a stylized design. Her knees also have stylized designs. The sculpture stands on a metal and concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Abstract
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Mythology -- American Indian -- Tsonqua
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Seattle, Parks and Recreation, 100 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
    Located Occidental Square, Seattle, Washington
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of White, Richard, Seattle, Washington 1974-1985.
    Formerly located Kiana Lodge, Kitsap Penninsula, Washington 1974-1985.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by Richard White and was originally located at White's restaurant, Kiana Lodge. In 1985 White donated the sculpture, along with three others, to the City of Seattle through the Pioneer Square Association. The sculpture was refurbished at the artist's studio (Poulsbo, WA) and installed at its present location in 1987. SOS! survey and Seattle Art Commission give title as "Tsonqua"; Rupp lists title as "Tsonoqua".
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 23.
    Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 92.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 23.
    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 WA000581
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