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Uroboros (sculpture)
''Uroboros'' is an outdoor 1979 sculpture by Charles Kibby, located at Westmoreland Park in the Sellwood neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&ShowResults=yes&PropertyID=852 )〕 It is a modern depiction of the uroboros, an ancient Egyptian and Greek symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.
==Description and history==
According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the cast concrete sculpture measures x x and rests on a base that measures x x . The organization lists "MAC 1979–80" as the funding source.〔 However, the Smithsonian Institution lists the sculpture's measurements as x x , on a base that measures approximately x x . The Smithsonian categorizes ''Uroboros'' as abstract ("geometric") and notes that it was commissioned by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) before being donated to the park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!324203~!0#focus )〕
The sculpture is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=617.193 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=06223&seo=Uroboros_Charles-Kibby-and-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council )〕
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