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Public Art ID#: PA00469-PA00473
Title of Work: unknown
Artist: Dixie Giering
Date Installed: unknown
Object Type: painted tile scene
Pomona Location: Cal Poly Pomona Biotrek Learning Center
Medium: tile and concrete
Description: The scene represents daily activities of the Tongra
Inscriptions: Rain Bird Ethnobotanty Learning Center Welcome to Aasuingna, the "place of the plants." The Tongra have no word in their language for "garden." Before European settlement their entire world might have seemed to us a garden; and the plants their pantry their construction yard, their fabric store, and their medicine cabinet. Come walk those paths and see the native plants of Southern California, plants that once supported the Tongra and that still form our world. No naayu u et urhur Maintain the Land Biotrek
Dimensions: scene outlined in concrete 42 1/2 in by 133 1/2 in
Condition: excellent
Date Photographed: Feb-24-08
Photographer: Jennifer Clay
Remarks: This scene serves to remind people of the history of California's native people and plants
Subject Terms: California's native plants and the Tongra people