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Maui Pohaku Loa, (sculpture). Artist:  Toth, Peter, 1947- , sculptor. Loa, Maui, assistant. Title:  Maui Pohaku Loa, (sculpture). Dates:  May 1988. Copyrighted 1988. Dedicated May 22, 1988. Medium:  Sculpture: Douglas fir or redwood, stone; Planter: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 25 ft. x Diam. 76 in.; Base: approx. 26 in. x 10 ft. x 10 ft. (16 tons). Inscription:  (On front of base:) Future home/Church Hawaii Nei/Botanical Garden (On right side of base:) (colored painting) unsigned Description:  Bust of the demi god Maui, who comes from the earth mother and is pushing up the earth, represented by the rock planter and shrub, on his head. His hair is parted on the proper left side and he wears a feather and sharks' tooth necklace. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian Ethnic -- Hawaiian Figure male -- Bust Mythology -- Other -- Maui Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry Object Type:  Totem pole Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Haleiwa Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Church of Hawaii Nei, Native Hawaiian Trading Post, 59-051 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, Hawaii 96712 Located 59-254 Kamehameha Highway, Between Sunset Beach and Sunset Beach Elementary School, Haleiwa, Hawaii Remarks:  Peter Toth was invited by the Church of Hawaii Nei to carve his 58th statue commemorating Native Americans. This statue is dedicated to the legendary islander Maui Pohaku Loa. Local artist, Maui Loa assisted the artist with the design of the sculpture and made a colored painting that appears on the proper right side of the base. Weyerhaeuser Paper Company donated the tree truck, which is either Douglas fir or redwood. The carving was part of a federal project called: "Made by Native Hawaiians," sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, although no money accompanied the sponsorship. The sculpture was damaged slightly by a fire June 21, 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993. 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 HI000012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture HI000012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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