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Toth, Peter,
Yankee Crane Company,
Figure male -- Bust
Ethnic -- Indian
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Laconia
Sculpture
Keewakwa Abenaki Keenahbeh, (sculpture).
Artist:
Toth, Peter, 1947- , sculptor.
Yankee Crane Company, contractor.
Title:
Keewakwa Abenaki Keenahbeh, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Giant Indian, (sculpture).
Defiant One, (sculpture).
Dates:
July 31, 1984-Sept. 1984. Dedicated Sept. 23, 1984.
Medium:
Sculpture: red oak; Base: granite and concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 36 ft. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. (24,000 lbs.).
Inscription:
(On fiberglass plaque on front of base:) NEW HAMPSHIRE'S WHISPERING GIANT/KEEWAKWA ABENAKI KEENAHBEH/(GIANT INDIAN - THE DEFIANT ONE)/NATIVE 36-FOOT RED OAK/WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 24,000 POUNDS/THE TREE CAME FROM COBBLE MOUNTAIN/IN GILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE/DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 23, 1984/OPECHEE PARK - LACONIA, N.H./SCULPTURED BY PETER "WOLFE" TOTH/48TH STATUE/SPONSORED BY/MAYOR ARMAND A. BOLDUC/AND THE LACONIA CITY COUNCIL unsigned
Description:
A chain saw carved bust of a Native-American male Indian wearing a decorative headband with a large mass of feathers and a crescent-shaped amulet around his neck. The sculpture is placed atop a base of concrete and granite stones and is surrounded by a fence.
Subject:
Figure male -- Bust
Ethnic -- Indian -- Abenaki
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Laconia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Laconia, Parks & Recreation, Union Avenue, Laconia, New Hampshire 03246
Located Opechee Park, North Main Street, Laconia, New Hampshire
Remarks:
Donated by the artist. The sculpture was carved from a single red oak tree that came from Cobble Mountain in Gilford, New Hampshire. There was controversy among city agencies over the placement of the sculpture, which was originally planned for Stewart Park. Yankee Crane Company helped erect the sculpture. Over 3,000 people attended the dedication ceremonies, including an estimated 100 descendants of the Penacook Suzuki tribe.
IAS files contain articles from The Evening Citizen (Laconia, New Hampshire), July 6, 1984, pg. 1, 2; July 31, 1984, pg. 1; Aug. 15, 1984, pg. 1; and Aug. 23, 1984, pg. 1, 3. IAS files also contain articles from The Evening Citizen (Laconia, New Hampshire), Aug. 28, 1984, pg. 1, 3; Aug. 30, 1984, pg. 1, 3; Sept. 15, 1984; Sept. 24, 1984, pg. 1, 3. The newsclippings discuss the controversy over placement of the sculpture. IAS files contain an excerpt from Peter Toth's "Indian Giver," Cable, Wisc.: Tribal Press, 1983, pg. 232.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Toth, Peter Wolf, "Indian Giver," Cable, Wisc.: Tribal Press, 1983, pg. 232.
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 NH000283
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