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Summary:
Full-length male Indian stands in profile on a square base. He faces east and wears a long headdress with twenty-one feathers. There are geometric patterns on the figure's south side to signify clothing. His proper right hand is raised. The plaque on the base contains a low relief of a teepee surrounded by 9 triangular-shaped evergreen trees and a crescent moon. The entire sculpture is surrounded by a fence.