Endangered - San Antonio, FL
N 28° 20.151 W 082° 16.366
17R E 375242 N 3135064
An interesting tortoise sculpture is located in San Antonio City Park in San Antonio, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMB2K1
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2011
Views: 7
Although there's no information present at the sculpture, according to the Smithsonian Art Inventory this is an abstract rendering of a gopher tortoise, with its head, tail and four feet extended.
Each year the city of San Antonio hosts a Rattlesnake Festival in the park. Activities include Turtle Races in which contestants pull mechanical turtles made of wood along strings in a race to the finish.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Endangered
Figure Type: Animal
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Lewis Watkins
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1989
Materials used: Sculpture: steel and bronze; Base: concrete.
Location: San Antonio City Park
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