Rotaynah - Akron, OH
N 41° 07.017 W 081° 35.128
17T E 450848 N 4551904
This magnificent sculpture is titled "Rotaynah". It is #51 in a series by artist Peter "wolf" Thoth and is located at the Fairlawn Elementary School on West Market Street in Akron, OH.
Waymark Code: WM3CDG
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 03/14/2008
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The Smithsonian Art Inventories
web site lists this information:
"Heroic-sized head of an American Indian stands on a square base.
The figure wears a decorated headband and five feathers of various
sizes. He also wears a large necklace of animal teeth.
(On plaque on base:) ROYTAYNAH/CHIEF/"TRAIL OF THE WHISPERING
GIANTS"/THIS 51ST STATUE HONORS ALL THE NATIVE/AMERICANS OF OHIO.
DEDICATED TO/CHIEF TECUMSEH OF THE SHAWNEE AND/CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE
OF THE MIAMI./SCULPTED BY PETER "WOLF" TOTH. DEDICATED AUGUST 9,
1985 unsigned
Sculpture is the 51st in Peter Toth's "Trail of the Whispering
Giants" series of monumental American Indian figures. The sculpture
is illuminated with two footlights. The name "Rotaynah" is the
Tuscarora Indian word for "Chief."