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Doug Block Sculpture Gallery
Chief Red Cloud
solid marble portrait bust Approximately 30" wide X 35" tall X 20" deep
Chief Red Cloud 1822-1909 Oglala Sioux Much of Red Cloud's early life was spent at war, first and most often against the neighboring Pawnee and Crow, at times against other Oglala. In 1841 he killed one of his uncle's primary rivals, an event which divided the Oglala for the next fifty years. He gained enormous prominence within the Lakota nation for his leadership in territorial wars against the Pawnees, Crows, Utes and Shoshones.
Life-size, hand carved in smoke white imported natural marble. Signed by the artist. $16,500.00
Sioux Falls Sculpture Walk 2010
Red Cloud selected for Sioux Falls SD sculpture walk 2010 season.
