Bear Gargoyle

Bear Gargoyle is an outdoor 1988 sculpture by Wayne Chabre, installed at the University of Oregon [Museum of Natural and Cultural History] in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It depicts the head of a grizzly bear with a Kwakwaka'wakw bear mask on top. The sculpture is made of hammered 32 oz. copper over a stainless steel frame and measures approximately x x. Its condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save [Outdoor Sculpture!]" program in March 1993. The sculpture is administered by the University of Oregon.