Turtle Island / Sky Woman
Artist
Peter B. Jones
(Onondaga, Beaver Clan, born 1947)
ClassificationsSculpture
Date2004
Dimensions10” H x 16” Diameter
Materials/TechniqueClay, stoneware
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.
Place of origin / madeCattaraugus, NY, North America
Collections
Exhibitions
Makers and Materials of the Americas
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