Administered by City of Tucson Department of Parks and Recreation 900 South Randolph Way Tucson Arizona 85716
Located Sunset Park 165 West Alameda Street Tucson Arizona
Date:
March 16, 1936
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona, Tucson survey, 1993.
Image on file.
MAHONRI 1936 A-BASKY-F'DRY-N-Y (Top of plaque, raised:) PADRE-EUSEBIO-FRANCISCO-KINO, S.J./EARLIEST PIONEER OF CIVILIZATION IN THE SOUTHWEST/HEROIC MISSIONARY TO THE PIMA INDIANS/INTREPID EXPLORER FOUNDER OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC. (Bottom of plaque, raised:) BORN SEGNO, ITALY, 1645-EDUCATED AT JESUIT COLLEGES/ENTERED SOCIETY OF JESUS, 1665-HIS PETITION TO BE SENT UPON A DISTANT & DANGEROUS MISSION GRANTED, 1678-BEGAN MISSIONARY LABORS IN LOWER CALIFORNIA, APRIL 1, 1683-AMONG PIMAS, MARCH 13, 1687/DURING 24 YEARS IN PIMERIA ALTA MADE 50 MISSIONARY AND EXPLORING EXPS. INLAND/FOUNDED MISSIONS- EST. RANCHES-INTRO. DOMESTIC ANIMALS & EUROPEAN PLANTS TO AZ-MADE WORLD FAMOUS MAPS-WROTE ENDURING BOOKS/ DIED 1711, AGED 66 YEARS, AT MAGDELENA, SONORA, WHERE HIS BODY NOW RESTS ERECTED BY THE KINO MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION/FRANK C. LOCKWOOD, PRESIDENT 1936 -/EDITH O. KITT, SEC.-MOSE DRACHMAN, TREAS. signed
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Summary:
A bas-relief plaque on a stele, with the top panel depicting Father Kino on the right walking through the desert with a Native American male in front of him. Father Kino is dressed in priest's robes, with a hat, cape, and sandals. He carries a crucifix in his proper right hand. In his proper left hand, he carries a book. The Native American is wearing a loincloth and sandals and carries a bow and arrow with a container of arrows strapped over his back. He wears a cross around his neck. Both figures are in profile. There is a cactus with a rattlesnake curled beneath it in the right corner behind Father Kino, and a roadrunner with a lizard in its mouth in the left corner in front of the Native American. In front of Father Kino on the desert floor is a gila monster. Beneath this panel is another panel with text. To the left of the text is a relief of a Native American family of three grouped near desert vegetation. To the right of the text is a relief of the mission San Xavier del Bac. In front of the mission, a Native American is plowing a field with two yoked cattle, and in the foreground a woman with a baby sit under a tree.
