Boxer's head

Title

Boxer's head

Description

A photograph of the head of the original "Boxer" statue taken on February 25, 2024. This image shows: the left side of Boxer's head; the remains of the original hinge under the neck; numerous welding scars and the broken edges of where the whisker, ear and/or horn were attached; and many etched names and initials of students who formerly possessed the statue.

Boxer is a bronze statue of a qilin which was the inspiration for Pacific University's mascot. There was a tradition of students stealing, hiding and fighting over the original Boxer statue from the early 1900s through the 1960s. This image is one of a series of photographs that documented the physical appearance of the statue when it was returned to the university in 2024, after being hidden for the previous 55 years.

Identifier

PUA_MS95_541

Date

2024

Date Created

Feb. 25, 2024

Creator

Timm, Blake

Subject

Pacific University

Mascots

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Pacific University Archives