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Menotomy Hunter - Arlington MA
Menotomy Hunter - Arlington MA
Artist	Cyrus E. Dallin
Completion date	1911
Medium	Bronze
Subject	Menotomy Hunter
Dimensions	(5 ft 0 in)
Location	Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Owner	Town of Arlington, Massachusetts

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The Menotomy Hunter (1911) is a sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin in Arlington, Massachusetts, depicting a Native American hunter pausing at a brook for a drink of water. The sculpture resides at the center of the garden between Town Hall and the Robbins Library, on a crest above a long, shallow reflecting pool. The man is equipped for a hunt; holding a bow. His catch for the day, a goose, rests by his foot.^[1]

The sculpture was commissioned by the family of the late Winfield Robbins. On the June 25, 1913, this sculpture and the nearby Robbins Flagstaff were dedicated and Dallin's speech included a passionate plea for renaming the town of Arlington as Menotomy after the historic significance of its largely vanished inhabitants.^[2]

The architect Richard Clipston Sturgis designed a fountain to fit the sculpture into a naturalized setting.^[2]

Like many of Dallin's iconic sculptures, this one too has seen its essence repurposed elsewhere. The statue has become one of Arlington's symbols. It's on the patch of the town's police officers and the fire department, and it is one of the logos used by the Spy Ponders, Arlington High School's athletic team.^[1]

The sculpture can be found outside the library at 700 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington and about 200 yards (180 m) west of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.

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^ ^a ^b "Menotomy Indian Hunter". Icons of Arlington. Retrieved 4 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b Francis, Rell (1976). Let Justice Be Done. Cyrus Dallin Art Museum. pp. 50–51.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[:1-1] "Menotomy Indian Hunter". Icons of Arlington. Retrieved 4 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-2] Francis, Rell (1976). Let Justice Be Done. Cyrus Dallin Art Museum. pp. 50–51.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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