Tuquski Wa Suwa - San Luis Obispo, California
Posted by: hotshoe
N 35° 16.830 W 120° 39.825
10S E 712476 N 3906652
Artwork honoring native American life on the waters of San Luis Creek
Waymark Code: WM664P
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2009
Views: 8
The sculpture of a Chumash child and a bear is incorporated into a gently spraying fountain on Mission Plaza just above the creek. At a later date, Yach Ka (a fish figure) was added into the fountain. The two bear cubs were added to the fountain in 2003, after the original sculpture which is described as only the girl and the bear next to her.
This straightforward description is from the Smithsonian Art Inventory:
"A Native-American girl sits on a rock in the corner of a shallow pool and a bear stands behind her to her proper left. She holds her slightly lifted proper right knee with both hands. The bear is standing outside the pool on its hind legs and leans on the rim of the pool against its front proper right paw. It extends its front proper left paw into the fountain water spray. The girl has long straight hair and wears a necklace, tee shirt, and shorts with a belt."
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The plaque reads:
"TUQUSKI WA SUWA
(Bear and Child)
Stanley P. Von Stein
Memorial Trust
Mary Jane Duvall Trust
Paula Zima, Sculptor
1988"