Mantle
Mantle (2018): In the southwest corner of Capitol Square near the Bell Tower is Mantle, a large, permanent earthwork monument honoring Virginia’s Native nations. Based on the spiral shell embroideries on the historic Powhatan’s Mantle (c. 1608), thought to represent the nations of his confederacy, Mantle invites visitors to move within the symbolic circle of American Indian culture, on a winding path paved with local river stones and landscaped with indigenous plants.