"Appeal to the Great Spirit" Indian Bookends

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Majestic... "Appeal to the Great Spirit", made circa 1926 (maker unknown), a pair of vintage spelter (gray metal, with bronze wash) Native American Indian figural book ends. Marked "(c) CED" for the initials of the sculptor, Cyrus Edwin Dallin.

No. 1894 in Kuritzky and De Costa, page 273, Rare: Rarity rating of 5 out of 5.

REF: Wikipedia notes (about Cyrus Dallin's life-size statue)... The last of a four-piece series called The Epic of the Indian. In 1909, the sculpture was cast in Paris and won a gold medal for its exhibition in the Paris Salon. There are three full size casts of the sculpture: one is located outside the main entrance to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts another is in Muncie, Indiana, and considered by many Muncie residents to be symbolic of Muncie. The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma contains the most recent full size installation in Woodward Park. And, a bronze replica of the statue stands as the centerpiece of the Tower Room of Dartmouth College's Baker Tower, the College's main library and most iconic building.

SPECS: Each measures about 7.3" tall, and the base measures 5.5" by 3.2". The pair weigh in at 5 lbs 6 oz. One of the pair appears to have been dropped; which gives him a "no neck" appearance (he is looking more straight ahead than up at the sky); see the ARROW photo.

CAREFULLY PACKED, DOUBLE BOXED, and ready to go; see the photos. Item is packed with silica gel dessicant pack(s) to prevent humidity damage in storage/transit. Note: Packing-photos show stages of packing this item; know that boxes are always full or slightly overstuffed with packing material to prevent any shifting or settling.

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