Buffalo Woman - Ottawa, Ks.
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N 38° 36.810 W 095° 16.110
15S E 302490 N 4276328
This 6 foot bronze sculpture is located on the western grounds of the Franklin County Courthouse - 315 S. Main in Ottawa, Ks.
Waymark Code: WMF7RM
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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This sculpture of an Native Woman, sculpted of bronze, and is located on the western grounds of the Franklin County Courthouse - 315 S. Main. The Sculpture is in excellent shape. The base is concrete with a granite slab top. The sculpture and base rests within a series of plantings.

From Siris:
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"An Indian mother wearing a fringed dress carries a baby on her back in a hooded carrier. From her belt hang a pouch and a sheathed knife. She carries a larger pouch in her proper left hand. She stands atop a base set in the middle of an octagonal planter. The planter has two inscribed plaques mounted on it and various shrubs growing in it."

Inscription on Planter:

"Charlie Norton (Plaque on planter:) "BUFFALO WOMAN/By Charlie Norton/Dedicated Oct. 7, 1989, by the people/of Ottawa to celebrate the town's/125th anniversary." (Another plaque mounted on planter records the donors of the planter) signed"
TITLE: Buffalo Woman

ARTIST(S): Norton, Charlie, 1942- , sculptor. Art Castings of Colorado, founder.

DATE: 1989. Dedicated Oct. 7, 1989

MEDIUM: Figure: bronze; Base: granite and concrete; Planter: concrete
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Buffalo Woman

Figure Type: Human

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Charlie Norton

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 10/7/1989

Materials used: Figure: bronze; Base: granite and concrete; Planter: concrete

Location: West side of the Franklin County Courthouse

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