Images(2)

Turtle Island / Sky Woman

Artist Peter B. Jones (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Onondaga, Beaver Clan)

Date2004

MediumClay, stoneware

Dimensions10” H x 16” Diameter

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object numberNA2006.01.LMA

DescriptionLarge naturalistic turtle with images of Statue of Liberty with a plane crashing; a television showing Sky Woman falling and birds coming to help her; human beings emerging from the earth or sitting with knees drawn up; nuclear danger sign, alcohol bottle, etc.

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Makers and Materials of the Americas

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