Forgotten Ancestors - Liberty Hill, TX
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N 30° 39.857 W 097° 54.509
14R E 604569 N 3392905
During the fall of 1976, in celebration of the U.S. bicentennial, the town hosted 25 sculptors in an International Sculpture Symposium.
Waymark Code: WM10QB3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2019
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Smithsonian Art Inventory"
A human skull, with a Conquistador's helmet, lies beside the skull of a longhorn. Both are half-buried. The tips of a spur protrude from the ground beneath the longhorn skull's proper right horn. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base that contains a time capsule."
TITLE: Forgotten Ancestors
ARTIST(S): Jim Thomas
DATE: 1976
MEDIUM: Bronze sculpture, concrete base
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000711
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Liberty Hill Intermediate School / 101 Loop 332 / Liberty Hill, TX
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Plaque for the time capsule is missing.
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