ID: 700009679 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009679	Record Type: Movable Work
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Day/Night (outdoor sculpture; Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap-of-Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho installa...; 1991; Seattle (King, Washington, United States, North and Central ...)

Note: Built to memoralize Chief Seattle (ca. 1786-1866) and his efforts to protect Duwamish lifeways. The work's title refers to his famous speech in 1854 or 1855, describing the current and future tensions between Indigenous people and settlers. Located in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, the work consists of two ceramic panels located on either side of a bronze bust of Chief Seattle. The panels are inscribed with text, reading "FAR AWAY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE STILL REMEMBER YOU/CHIEF SEATTLE NOW THE STREETS ARE OUR HOME," in Lushootseed on one side and English on the other. Patterns of crosses and dollar signs cascade from the top of one panel while abstract, organic shapes fall down the other.

Titles:

Day/Night (preferred,C,U,D,Esperanto-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: set

Work Types:

outdoor sculpture [300047180] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by location or context>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1991

Creator Display:

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap-of-Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho installation artist, born 1954) [preferred]

artists Heap of Birds, Edgar (American painter, printmaker, and video artist, born 1954) [500126802]

Locations:

Current: Site Context: Seattle [7014494] King county (county), Washington (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: panels: porcelain enamel and steel; Bust: bronze

	porcelain enamel [300014915]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>, enamel (fused coating))

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: H: 1.06 m

Cultures:

Native American (preferred)

Cheyenne

Arapaho

General Subject:

human figures (preferred,description)

history and legend (interpretation)

monuments and memorials (interpretation)

text (isness)

Specific Subjects:

	Chief Seattle (Duwamish chieftan, ca. 1786-1866) [500489995]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	colonization [300055402]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, governmental functions) (AAT)

	Lushootseed (language) [300388749]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

	English (language) [300388277]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

	Duwamish (style or culture) [300438583]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Native American, Native North American, Northwest Coast Native American) (AAT)

	War, Yakama [901002293]
	.....((Indian Wars, United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: The panels are inscribed with text, reading "FAR AWAY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE STILL REMEMBER YOU/CHIEF SEATTLE NOW THE STREETS ARE OUR HOME," in Lushootseed on one side and English on the other.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Day/Night	........ [VP]
	........ Thrush, Native Seattle (2007) 174; accessed 6 March 2020

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Thrush, Native Seattle (2007) 174; accessed 6 March 2020

....................... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 6 March 2020, "Day/Night"

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 6 March 2020, "Day/Night"
	..... Thrush, Native Seattle (2007) 174; accessed 6 March 2020
	..... Krupat, Chief Seattle's Speech Revisited (2011) 193-195; accessed 9 March 2020