Bear Gargoyle

{{Short description|Sculpture in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| image = Bear Gargoyle, University of Oregon, 2015.jpg

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| caption = The sculpture in 2015

| artist = Wayne Chabre

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| year = {{start date|1998}}

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| type = Sculpture

| subject = Grizzly bear

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| width_imperial = 4

| length_imperial = 5

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| condition = "Treatment needed" (1993)

| city = Eugene, Oregon, United States

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| owner = University of Oregon

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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 (Kwakiutl Indian) bear mask on top. The sculpture is made of hammered 32 oz. copper over a stainless steel frame and measures approximately {{Convert|5.5|ft|m}} x {{Convert|4|ft|m}} x {{Convert|5|ft|m}}. 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.{{cite web|title=Bear Gargoyle, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!310859~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}