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    		• Toth, Peter,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Omiskanoagwiah
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Springfield
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Omiskanoagwiah, the Wolf People-Medicine Man, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Toth, Peter, 1947- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Omiskanoagwiah, the Wolf People-Medicine Man, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Trail of the "Whispering Giants", (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1984.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: wood, carved and stained, and metal sheet (?), painted black: Base: cemented (?) sandstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 15 x 4 x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. W. 6 ft. x D. 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze plaque on front of base, raised:) THE TRAIL OF THE/"WHISPERING GIANT"/"OMISKANOAGWIAK"/THE WOLF PEOPLE-MEDICINE MAN/Dedicated to the:/PIONEER VALLEY INDIANS/SCULPTOR:/PETER WOLF TOTH:/MAYOR:/RICHARD E. NEAL/Courtesy/CITY OF SPRINGFIELD/PARK COMMISSIONERS/SPONSOR:/JOSEPH J. DELISO, SR./NOVEMBER 13, 1984 unsigned
    Description: 
    A stylized bust of Omiskanoagwiah, the Wolf-People medicine man, carved from one log. He wears a wolf-head headdress with three features atop of it, the central one being much taller. On top of the headdress is what looks like sheet metal, in black. Omiskanoagwiah has long hair parted in the back and coming over the front of his shoulders, and he wears a pectoral ornament. The feather, hair, and peripheral parts are stained black, and the face red. The sculpture is mounted upon a base with drainpipes, with a plaque on the front.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Omiskanoagwiah -- Bust
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Springfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Springfield, Parks Department, 200 Trafton Road, Springfield, Massachusetts 01108
    Located Forest Park, Route 5 entrance, Springfield, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    Dedicated to the Pioneer Valley Indians, courtesy of the City of Springfield Park Commissioners, Joseph A. Deliso, Sr., sponsor.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 MA000063
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