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Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit
1980
Bronze

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.050




Black Elk (1863-1950) was a holy man of the Ogallala Sioux and a spiritual leader for all North American Indians. Black Elk Speaks,…

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…

Painted white plaster 1/3rd scale model of Black Elk. 1/3 scale plaster model painted a gloss white. Depicts Black Elk standing and looking upward toward the sky. He caries a peace pipe in his proper left hand. At his proper left side is a buffalo…

23 sections that make up the full-scale model for Black Elk

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.

Plaster mold with brown rubber inner mold and plaster core. This is for a small-scale Black Elk. Written on mold is "Black Elk stall J". Mold is held together with two plastic zip ties.

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".