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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Frazee
     
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    Big Turkey, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Scott, Shell, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Big Turkey, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned spring 1986. Dedicated Aug. 3, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted fiberglass.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 22 x 18 x 13 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A large turkey stands with its wings by its side and its tail feathers raised and fanned.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Turkey
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Frazee
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Frazee Community Club, 410 West Willow Avenue, Frazee, Minnesota 56544
    Located Park, Lake & Main Streets, Frazee, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Frazee Community Club. A list of the Turkey Sculpture Committee members and donors appears on a nearby plaque, the top of which reads: FRAZEE/HOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST TURKEY/Big Tom stands proudly at 22 feet high, 18 feet wide and 13 feet deep. He was/commissioned by the Frazee Community Club in the spring of 1986 and dedicated/August 3, 1986. Shell Scott designed and sculpted Big Tom with the help of many/community volunteers.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000047
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