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Bronze
Sculpture titled, 'War and Peace' |
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When the last Red Man shall have
perished, and the memory of our tribes people shall have become a myth among the White Man, these plains
and woodlands will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe, and when your
childrens, children think themselves alone
in the fields or in the silent woods, they will not be
alone........... At night, when the streets of your cities and villages are silent and
you thing them deserted, they will thong with returning hosts that once filled them and still love
this beautiful land. The White Man
will never be alone, let him be just and kind with my people, for
the dead are not powerless............. they have only changed
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The sculpture, 'War
and Peace',
symbolizes the spirit and pride of the Great Plains people during a
time of
warfare. It depicts the ceremonial attire worn by a Sioux warrior
during preparation for battle. The garment is styled after an authentic Sioux war shirt, which dates
back to about 1890 - the year of the infamous massacre of several hunbred Sioux by U.S.cavalry forces at
Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
The traditional buckskin garment is
elaborately ornamented with colored paints and narrow bands of
beadwork.
The shirt would normally be decorated with scalplocks after
returning from a victorious battle. The noble warrior wears a simple headdress with golden
eagle feathers attached, and carries an authentic Sioux metal pipe tomahawk.
The bronze sculpture is beautifully
finished in colored patinas and paints. The piece is a limited
edition of 30 and
stands 24 inches(60.96cm) tall, including the marble base.
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