Lodge - Oklahoma History Center - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 29.624 W 097° 29.918
14S E 636179 N 3928834
This sculpture "fits" this location, amid the historical setting highlighting Oklahoma history.
Waymark Code: WMM32H
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2014
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Located adjacent to the east parking lot at the Oklahoma History Center, this is a steel sculpture with four intersecting arches forming a semi-circular "lodge". The sculpture stands about six feet at the center. It is located in a grassy area north of The Red River Journey, a quarter-mile walkway simulating the Red River, along which are fifty historical markers describing events, people, and places in Oklahoma history. The area is also a botanical garden, with information on trees and plants native to Oklahoma.
This sculpture was created by Bob Haozous, a Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache. He specializes in art related to indigenous people, particularly the Apache. In addition to outdoor sculptures, he also creates jewelry, watercolor paintings and other three-dimensional pieces.
A marker near the sculpture reads:L
Lodge
Bob Haozous
Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache
Steel, 2004A lodge can serve many purposes;
a house, a church, a place where families
come together, or where people gather for a
ceremony. The metaphor of a
lodge and sense of place is illustrated in this
small steel lodge created by Bob Haozous.
According to Bob Haozous, "a lodge is a place
where individuals come together and become
culturally aware of their responsibilities again."
The lodge itself can be a semi-permanent
structure, depending on the materials used
for its construction, but the philosophical
concept of a lodge, not only as a
physical structure
but also a a mental or spiritual
place, promotes a deeper
understanding
of indigenous thought.