Indian Hunter (Manship)

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Indian Hunter
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The sculpture outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 2019
Indian Hunter (Manship)
Artist Paul Manship
Location Boston, Massachusetts; Gambier, Ohio
Coordinates 42°20′24.4″N71°5′40.8″W / 42.340111°N 71.094667°W / 42.340111; -71.094667

Indian Hunter is a sculpture by Paul Manship. It depicts a Native American man using a bow and arrow at an animal.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Indian Hunter is installed outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The bronze was modeled in 1917 and cast in 2002. [1]

Kenyon College

A bronze casting of the statue also exists on the campus of Kenyon College, in Ohio. [2] The school refers to the sculpture as Indian Hunter & Antelope.

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References

  1. "An exception has occurred – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston".
  2. Garschagen, Emma. "Indian Hunter & Pronghorn Antelope". The Gund Gallery. Kenyon College. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019.