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    		• Colfax, Greg,
     
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    		• Wilbur, Andy,
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Object -- Musical Instrument
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Olympia
     
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    		• Totem pole
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Welcome Figure, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Colfax, Greg, sculptor.
    Wilbur, Andy, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Welcome Figure, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    June 1985.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted cedar, hemp; Base: cedar.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. 6 in. x 35 in. x 39 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of an Indian maiden carved from cedar. She holds a drum in her proper left hand and a drum stick in her proper right hand. The drum has a green rim and has a figurative black bird or hand painted on the face of it. The maiden wears braids made of hemp. Her eyes and eyebrows are painted black, her nostrils and lips are painted red. She wears a dress and a necklace of pine cones. The dress border and the base she stands on have decorative leaf patterns painted in red and black. The back of the sculpture is flat and hollow and shows the metal support by which the sculpture is mounted into the ground.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object -- Musical Instrument -- Drum
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
    Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Olympia
    Totem pole
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Evergreen State College, Native American Studies Program, Olympia, Washington 98505
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a collaborative effort between Colfax, Wilbur and students from Evergreen State College. The cedar was donated by Jim Carlson. The arms of the sculpture are separate pieces from the main body. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Newsletter of The Evergreen State College, May 3, 1985 and April 24, 1987.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
    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 WA000291
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