March 7, 2011

“The Chief Celebrates His New Hat” (32″ high)

“ THE CHIEF CELEBRATES HIS NEW HAT ”

How did he get the hat? Where did the jacket come from? Did he trade for them or are they from an unlucky settler? I love leaving mysteries in a piece. Good works of art never answers all your questions. They leave you a tad hungry.

Here are a few answers: The chief is a Mandan Indian. Men in the Mandan tribe often wore their hair to the ground. In the fall, women would take a sticky substance and wrap it around long lengths of individual groups of hair. The bowl of the pipe is of Catlinite (commonly referred to as pipestone). Named after the painter George Caitlin, who was the first white man to visit the mine where it is quarried for the purpose of making bowls for smoke pipes).

SCOTT ROGERS

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3 responses to ““The Chief Celebrates His New Hat” (32″ high)”

Pamela Cullerton
April 10th, 2013 at 8:36 PM

I saw this in Sage Creek Gallery in Santa Fe several years ago and wanted to know if it is still available? I believe it was a smaller size and in bronze.
Please let me know if this is still in production.
Thank you,

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- Scott Rogers
  April 20th, 2013 at 12:01 PM
  
  Pamela
  “The Chief Celebrates His New Hat” is still available in only two sizes.
  Thanks for the inquiry.
  Scott
  
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- Scott Rogers
  June 17th, 2013 at 10:25 PM
  
  Yes. This piece is still available as a cast bronze.
  
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