Chickasaw Family Making Pah Sho Fah - Marietta, OK
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This mural is located in the lobby of the Marietta Post Office.
Waymark Code: WMP7RH
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2015
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This mural was sponsored by the WPA and part of their cultural program to put artists to work during the 1930’s and early 1940’s.
It is located in the lobby of the Marietta Post Office, above the Postmaster's office door. The post office building is a WPA-constructed building dating to 1940. The mural is entitled “Chickasaw Family Making Pah Sho Fah.” It was painted by Solomon McCombs in 1942.
The mural shows women making bread; another stirring over a fire; children watching their parents; and two white settlers shucking corn.
City: Marietta
Location Name: Post Office
Artist: Solomon McCombs
Date: 1942
Media: Oil on plaster
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