Located Corner of Main & Cleveland Ishpeming Michigan
Date:
Installed 1889. Dedicated 1880s. Rededicated May 1978
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Knapp, Oliver A., "Chief Kisco and His Brothers," Mount Kisco, N.Y.: Mount Kisco Historical Committee, pg. 7.
(On metal plate attached to front of sculpture base:) MANUFACTURED BY J.L. MOTT signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A colorfully painted sculpture of a Native American standing with his proper left foot on a small rock. He holds a bow in his proper left hand and an arrow in his proper right hand. He wears a cape, fringed leggings, and a feathered headband. An amulet hangs from a necklace around his neck and a strap runs diagonally across his bare chest. At the back of his proper right leg is a small tree stump. The sculpture is mounted atop a two-tiered cast iron base. The top tier is square and painted grey. Each face and corner is decorated. The octagonal bottom tier is black with rough edges at some places where separately cast sections are joined. It is fitted with drinking fountains on two sides, but the fountains do not work. At one time, watering troughs were attached to the bottom of the base.
