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Shekilammy Boulder, (sculpture). Artist:  Pollia, Joseph P., 1893-1954, sculptor. Title:  Shekilammy Boulder, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Shikellamy Boulder, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1927 or 1929. Dedicated June 14, 1930. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: fieldstone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 5 in. x 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 4 in. Inscription:  (Bronze plaque on front of base:) SKEKILAMMY/BOULDER/ERECTED BY/(left side:) IMPROVED/ORDER/OF/RED MEN (right side:) DEGREE/OF/POCAHONTAS/(lower center:) OF/BERKS COUNTY PENNA/1927 unsigned Description:  A full-length bronze portrait of Skekilammy (or Shikellamy), an Iroquois Indian, mounted upon a large boulder of local fieldstone. He stands barechested and wears a loincloth, with his proper right hand raised in a gesture of salute. He holds a pipe in his proper left hand at waist level. Subject:  Portrait male -- Skekilammy -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Iroquois Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress Object -- Other -- Pipe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Womelsdorf Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, P. O. Box 1026, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108 Located Conrad Weiser Park, Route 422, on park mall, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculpture honors Shikellam, Conrad Weiser's friend and a negotiator for the Iroquois. Shikellam was appointed by the Onondaga Council of the Iroquois Confederacy to oversee Pennsylvania's Indian inhabitants. The sculpture was placed by the fraternal lodge The Improved Order of Redmen. Conrad Weiser Park, also referred to as the Conrad Weiser Homestead, has been designated a national landmark. For related reading see "Echoes of Scholla," by Arthur D. Graeff and George M. Meiser, IX, The Berksiana Foundation, c1976, pg. 74. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA001236   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001236 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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