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"Zong", originally called "Key Piece", is the final work produced by Mayhew. "The sculpture carries aspects of tragedy, and both change and repetition. It is a generational piece. It has a past." (Statement by the artist.) It has been noted that the work leaves a striking after-image.
The name "Zong" or "T'Sung" refers to ritual jades of unknown purpose, found in burial sites in Southeast China c. 2500 – 1500 B.C. Mayhew saw several of these small "T'Sung" in the British Museum in 1983, after her sculpture was cast, leading to the name change when she recognized the affinity. "Zong" was shown at EXPO 86 in Vancouver, B.C. and in a solo exhibition at the Port Angeles Fine Art Center, in 1988.
"Zong" was cast by Rolf Nord Kriken of the Nordhammer Art Foundry, then in Oakland, California. A remarkable casting, the 7-foot bronze was made in a single pour.