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Story Wall, (sculpture). Artist:  Christensen, Day, sculptor. Title:  Story Wall, (sculpture). Medium:  Bronze plates. Dimensions:  (First section: approx. 24 in. x 102 ft. x 1/4 in.); (Second section: approx. 24 in. x 36 ft. x 1/4 in.). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Two sections of bronze plates, engraved with Utah's tribal legends, from the Ute, Paiute, Goshute, and Shoshone. The first section is made up of 56 plates. The second section consists of 21 plates that span across a bridge. Subject:  Mythology -- American Indian Ethnic -- Indian -- Paiute Ethnic -- Indian -- Ute Ethnic -- Indian -- Goshute Ethnic -- Indian -- Shoshone Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Utah -- Salt Lake City Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Salt Lake City Corporation, Salt Lake City Arts Council, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Located One Utah Center, Block bounded by State, 3rd South, Main, and 2nd South, Salt Lake City, Utah Remarks:  IAS files contain transcription of nearby plaque. The legends were collected by John Wesley Powell manuscript 794-a, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1873; and one of the stories, "Why the Birds Built Different Kinds of Nests," was told by Bernice Cesspooch for the Duke Indian Oral History Project, Marriott Library, University of Utah, 1968-1972. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Utah 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 UT000099   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture UT000099 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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