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Pollia, Joseph P.,
Portrait male -- Skekilammy
Ethnic -- Indian
Dress -- Ethnic
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Womelsdorf
Sculpture
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
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