Boxer's neck and mouth

Title

Boxer's neck and mouth

Description

A photograph of the neck and mouth of the original "Boxer" statue, taken on February 25, 2024. This image is angled so that the viewer can see inside of Boxer's mouth, showing the tongue, teeth, and a hollow cavity. Also visible are: the remains of the hinge under Boxer's chin, which originally allowed the head to open; extensive damage including a hole extending from the roof of the mouth through Boxer's right cheek; numerous welding marks; and many etched names and initials of students who formerly possessed the statue.

Boxer is a bronze statue in the form 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_550

Date

2024

Date Created

Feb. 25, 2024

Creator

Timm, Blake

Subject

Pacific University

Mascots

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Rights

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

Source

Pacific University Archives