Hiawatha, 1868, Made in Rome, Italy, Marble, 13 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (34.9 × 19.7 × 14 cm), Sculpture, Edmonia Lewis (American, 1844–1907), Like many American sculptors of the nineteenth century, Lewis, an artist of African-American and Chippewa (Ojibwa) ancestry, worked in Rome. Her multiracial identity and her gender were formative in her selection of subjects
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Hiawatha, 1868, Rome, Italy, Marble, 13 3/4, 7, 5 1/2, 34.9, 19.7, 14 cm, Sculpture, Edmonia Lewis, American, 1844–1907, American sculptors, nineteenth century, Lewis, artist, African-American, Chippewa, Ojibwa, ancestry, worked, multiracial identity, gender, formative, selection, subjects
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