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Tamanend, (sculpture). Artist:  Sandoval, Ray, sculptor. Title:  Tamanend, (sculpture). Dates:  1994-1995. Medium:  Bronze. Description:  Full length figure of a Native American standing on a turtle, an eagle holding a wampum belt perched on his shoulder. The sculpture represents Tamanend, a Sakima Indian of the Lenni-Lenape Nation. The turtle symbolizes Mother Earth and the eagle symbolizes the Great Spirit. Tamanend, who lived in the Delaware Valley when Philadelphia was established, took part in a friendship treaty between William Penn and other leaders of the Lenni-Lenape Nation. The treaty which was signed under the Sackomaxen elm reads: "to live in peace as long as the waters are in the rivers and creeks and as long as the stars and moon endure." Tamanend participated in several treaties that enabled William Penn to purchase the land that is Philadelphia from the Lenni-Lenape. A popular figure among the colonists, Tamanend's contributions were remembered every year on the first of May when bells all over Philadelphia were rung in his honor. Subject:  Portrait male -- Tamanend -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Lenape Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Animal -- Bird -- Eagle History -- United States -- Colonization Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Property, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Located Historic East Market Street, Front & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculpture was initiated by the Department of Streets and Historic East Market Street, Inc. References:  Fairmount Park Art Association, 1996. 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 74910015   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74910015 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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