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    		• Portrait female -- Sacajawea
     
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    Sacajawea, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Soderberg, John, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Sacajawea, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Bird Woman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned March 18, 1990. Dedicated April 18, 1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 89 x 52 x 38 in.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. x W. 42 in.
    Inscription: 
    J. Soderberg (On the back of the sculpture, behind proper right foot:) Bird Woman/by J. Soderberg/original commission/by Louis Schnelli For Sacajawea Plaza/Sedona, Az. (On bronze plaque on top front of base:) SACAJAWEA/"THE BIRD WOMAN"/Lewis & Clark Expedition 1805 (On plastic plaque below bronze plaque on top front of base:) John Soderberg Sculpture/For more information on artist video & artwork, please notify within at Ypparaguirre Trading Company signed
    Description: 
    A full-length portrait of Sacajawea seen standing, with her proper right leg poised atop a small rock and her proper right arm extended outward pointing. Her proper left arm reaches back over her shoulder to touch her baby's fingers. The baby is strapped in a cradle board to her back. Sacajawea is dressed in a gray colored knee-length fringed dress and knee-high golden-colored moccasins, with detailed gray stitching. Around her belt, decorated with blue beads, is a knife sheath on her proper right side; and an oblong pouch on her proper left side. The neckline of her dress is decorated with animal shapes stamped into it. She wears a necklace and, on her proper right hand, several bracelets. The baby's cradleboard is hooded and hanging from the hood is a decorative toy with bells attached to it. The sculpture has a baby blue patina. The figure's hair and body are colored gold, grey and dark brown. The sculpture is placed in the center of a small enclosed shopping plaza.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female -- Sacajawea -- Full length
    History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Shoshone
    Portrait group -- Family -- Mother & Child
    History -- United States -- Lewis & Clark
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Sacajawea Plaza, 301 North Highway 89A, Sedona, Arizona 86336
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by Louis and Leda Schnelli for Sacajawea Plaza. Many people touch the sculpture. IAS files contain text of a nearby plaque which describes Sacajawea's role in Lewis and Clark's "Corps of Discovery" Expedition.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona 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 AZ000517
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