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Claffy, Lawrence,
Ethnic -- Indian
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Waterloo
Sculpture
Skoi-yase Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Claffy, Lawrence, contractor.
Title:
Skoi-yase Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Sept. 1879. Dedicated Sept. 3, 1879.
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 15 x 5 x 5 ft.
Inscription:
(On south side:) SKOI-YASE/HE-O-WEH-GNO-GEK ("Once a home, now a memory") (On plaque on base, north side:) THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN/SEPTEMBER 1879, TO COMMEMORATE/THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIAN VILLAGE/SKOI-YASE,/BY COL. JOHN HARPER, UNDER ORDER OF/MAJ. GEN. JOHN SULLIVAN/SEPTEMBER 8, 1779. unsigned
Description:
Shaft is comprised of nine rough-hewn limestone blocks, of graduating size, stacked with smallest block at top.
Subject:
Ethnic -- Indian
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Waterloo
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by County of Seneca, Waterloo, New York
Located Lafayette Park, Main Street at Routes 5 & 20, Waterloo, New York
Remarks:
The monument was built by Lawrence Claffy and the limestone came from the south bank of the Seneca River. The monument marks the former site of the Indian town, Skoi-yase. The town, comprised of fifteen houses, was destroyed in General Sullivan's campaign against the Six Nations. The monument was erected in honor the centennial of the Town of Waterloo, by the Waterloo Historical Society who also obtained funding. Lafayette Park was formerly known as Academy Park. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779 with Records of Centennial Celebrations," (Auburn, NY: Knapp, Peck & Thomson, 1887).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001810
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