Obelisk - Washington, DC
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saopaulo1
N 38° 53.316 W 077° 00.966
18S E 325141 N 4306346
An art obelisk in front of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Waymark Code: WM6DTG
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2009
Views: 11
It's a "15 1/2 foot-tall, 1,500-pound, cast-bronze sculpture by renowned Native American artist Fritz Scholder (1937-2005; Luiseno). Scholder's obelisk was inspired by his long fascination with all things Egyptian. After an unsuccessful attempt to acquire an ancient obelisk in Egypt in the 1970s, Scholder decided to create his own. He and his former wife, Romona, asked a street vendor to translate their names into hieroglyphics. Those glyphs appear on the sculpture, along with others that Scholder invented." (Museum's website)
Date Created/Placed: 1987
Height: 15
Illuminated: yes
Address: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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