Heritage - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 49.208 W 117° 03.417
11S E 494669 N 3631348
This sculpture is in the lobby of the Mission Trails Regional Park Visitors Center.
Waymark Code: WMHCG1
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2013
Views: 2
This sculpture is comprised of 5 stone- or stone-like blocks each depicting the face a some other attributes of five individual Native Americans..no doubt to honr the Kumeyaay Indians who first lived on this land. The Park is now a multi-species conservation area and covers a huge swath of San Diego.
The plaque at the site reads:
"HERITAGE
BY
T.J. DIXON and JAMES NELSON
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
1994
COMMISIONED FOR MISSION TRAILS REGIONAL PARK VISITOR AND INTERPRETATIVE CENTER
AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN DIEGO BY THE
SAN DIEGO COMMISSION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE with support from the
MISSION TRAILS REGIONAL PARK FOUNDATION, Inc."
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Heritage
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: T.J. DIXON and JAMES NELSON
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1994
Materials used: not sure...has the appearance of stone..but I suspect some type of concrete composite.
Location: in the lobby of the Mission Trails Regional Park Visitors Center.
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