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Full-scale plaster torso for “Black Elk” at Fredericks’ Bloomfield Hills (Greenhouse), Michigan studio. Originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of…

Full-scale plaster torso for “Black Elk” at Fredericks’ Bloomfield Hills (Greenhouse), Michigan studio. Originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace Pipe points from the Heart of…

Marshall Fredericks and Scott Slocum with full-scale plasteline model for “Black Elk” at Bloomfield Hills (Greehouse), Michigan studio. Originally created to support the Tower of the Four Winds, Black Elk Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska. The Peace…

Wood Full-Scale armature for Black Elk
Sections:
1 Front section with head and front legs of buffalo
2 Hump and shoulder section
3 lower body of Black Elk and the mid section of the buffalo
4 hind quarters and rear section
5 midsection of Black…

1/3 rd scale armature for Black Elk: Homage to the Great spirit. This is one of the last works Fredericks completed before he passed away.

This armature is crafted of wood lath and the head of the Black Elk figure is finished in clay. The buffalo…

Plaster thumb for Full-Scale Black Elk. There is a metal pin in the bottom to attach it to the hand.

Partial section of the eye of the buffalo from the full-scale Black Elk. Clay is on a wood board and this may be the only section in clay that remains of the full-scale Black Elk.

Two part mold for Black Elk's Buffalo horns for full-scale model.

This is the left horn mold for full-scale Black Elk sculpture in 2 parts.

Peace pipe mold for 1/3 scale Black Elk. Written on the mold is "Black Elk peace pipe pin use 3/16 diameter rod for bit and armature".