Rotaynah - Akron, OH
N 41° 07.016 W 081° 35.128
17T E 450848 N 4551903
This magnificent sculpture is titled "Rotaynah". It is statue #51 in Peter "Wolf" Toth's Whispering Giants series and is located at the Resnik Community Learning Center on West Market Street in Akron, OH.
Waymark Code: WMG5PX
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2013
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The Smithsonian Art Inventories 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."
TITLE: Rotaynah
ARTIST(S): Toth, Peter "Wolf", 1947-
DATE: May-July 1985. Dedicated Aug. 9, 1985.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: red oak; Base: concrete with imbedded stone.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OH000579
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
The statue is located on the north side of West Market Street on the Resnik Community Learning Center grounds.
65 N. Meadowcroft Drive
Akron, Ohio 44313
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
none noted
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