Kindred Spirits (sculpture)

Kindred Spirits is a large stainless steel outdoor sculpture in Bailic Park in Midleton, Ireland.[1][2]

The sculpture consists of nine 20-foot (6.1 m) stainless steel[3] eagle feathers arranged in a circle,[1] no two feathers being identical.[4] It was created by Alex Pentek[1] at the Sculpture Factor in Cork, Ireland[2] and installed in Bailic Park in 2015.[4]

Kindred Spirits commemorates the contribution of US$170[3] (about $4,300 in 2016 dollars)[note 1] by the American Choctaw Indians to famine relief in 1847,[1] during the Great Hunger, just a few years after the Choctaw themselves had endured the Trail of Tears.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "'Kindred Spirits' Monument, Bailic Park, Midleton, Co Cork". Stair na hÉireann – History of Ireland. February 16, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Sharon O’ Reilly-Coates (March 2, 2015). "A famine-time kindness repaid in Cork to Native American Indians". Irish Examiner. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Siobhán Maguire (March 22, 2015). "Choctaw gift is a giant feather in Cork’s cap". Sunday Times. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Adam Kemp (March 23, 2015). "Ireland recognizes gift from Choctaw Nation during potato famine". NewsOK. The Oklahoman. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

Notes

  1. ↑ According to the American Federal Reserve Consumer Price Index estimate;[5] according to the Sunday Times, the equivalent was much higher, $20,000 in 2015 dollars.[3]

Coordinates: 51°54′22″N 8°10′29″W / 51.9061°N 8.1748°W / 51.9061; -8.1748

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.