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DAVE McGARY (American 1958-2013) A POLYCHROME PATINATED BRONZE SCULPTURE, "Not Afraid of Pawnee (Padani Kokipi S'ni)," signed in the bronze, impressed thumbprint, dated 1996, and numbered 28/78. On an octagonal carved wood columnar pedestal and raised on a shaped octagonal carved wood plinth with engraved brass plaque. NOTE: One of the practices that McGary learned while studying bronze casting under the American sculptor Harry Jackson, was that of applying paints, as well as patinas, on finished surfaces. In "Not Afraid of Pawnee," a bust of the late 19th Century Yankton Sioux warrior, McGary's use of colors denotes symbolic feelings. For example, the black of the Sioux's face paint revealing his feelings of revenge, and the red in his shirt the power derived from Mother Earth. "Not Afraid of Pawnee" wears, as a sign of his battle prowess his characteristic timber wolf headdress fringed with sacred golden eagle feathers that never touch the ground. Over his left shoulder, he supports a Spencer rifle encased in a beaded Sioux case. Height: 22 3/8"