Indian Warrior
| Title | Indian Warrior |
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| Credit Line | Phimister Proctor and Sally Church |
| Casting Date | ca. 1917 |
Detailed info
| Version | Large Version |
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| Dimensions (Length x Height x Width) |
39 in. high |
| Provenance | The artist; Gorham Co. Founders, until 1917; gift to Herbert Emerson Fales, 1917-d. 1927; Fales Family, 1927-45; gift to J. Edgar Hoover, 1945-d. 1971; [Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1994, lot 169, not sold]; [Michael Frost, J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, 1994] private collection, Paradise Valley, Ariz., until 2013; [Mongerson Gallery, Chicago, IL]; Phimister Proctor and Sally Church, 2013; on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
| Foundry | Gorham Co. Founders |
| Foundry Mark | Gorham Co. Founders/ G [she wolf insignia] C/ QRM |
| Inscriptions | GOLD MEDAL/ PARIS EXPOSITION/ 1900 side of base, proper right; PRESENTED TO / HERBERT EMERSON FALES / 1917; Paris; PRESENTED TO / J EDGAR HOOVER / BY THE / FALES FAMILY / 1945 |
| Signature | A PHIMISTER PROCTOR/ 1898 |
| Casting Method | Lost wax |
| Copyright Date | COPY RT 1899 |
| Commentary | "Note the band separating the tail to the rump."(Tyler Mongerson-Mongerson Gallery, Chicago) |
| Record modified | 2017-06-27 |
X-ray fluoroscopy
| Metallurgy | Average copper-to-zinc ratio of 10.23. Average copper-to-tin ratio of 101. Trace amounts of manganese, calcium, nickel, sulfur, barium, silver, and chromium are present on all sample spots. |
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