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People watch as Benjamin Victor works on a sculpture of Chief Big Elk at the Kaneko art gallery Wednesday. The sculpture will be cast in bronze and will eventually be placed at the newly renovated Lewis & Clark Landing at The RiverFront.
Brenda Galitz talks with Victor as he works on the sculpture at Kaneko. Victor has spent six months carving the sculpture, but conversations about the piece began years ago with the formation of Omaha’s Native American advisory board.
A print of a C.B. King painting of Chief Big Elk stands next to the sculpture of him at Kaneko.
Brenda Galitz looks up at the Chief Big Elk sculpture. Members of the Omaha Nation and direct descendants of the chief were consulted on the sculpture’s design.
Benjamin Victor works on a sculpture of Chief Big Elk at the KANEKO gallery in Omaha Wednesday. It will eventually be placed at the newly renovated Lewis & Clark Landing at The RiverFront.
Benjamin Victor adds to a sculpture of Chief Big Elk that he is working on at the KANEKO gallery in Omaha Wednesday.
Chief Big Elk sculpture taking shape at the KANEKO, destined for Lewis & Clark Landing at The RiverFront.
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