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Neighbor Eldred's Barn (from nature) OP.28
James David Smillie
Neighbor Eldred's Barn (from nature) OP.28
James David Smillie

Watermelon Thief / Willard Stone

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At Oktaha, a small farm town, we used to steal watermelons. Farmers expected it; they’d shoot over our heads. To steal watermelons was a big thing. This man was an expert. He could crawl through a patch on a moonlight night.

From the exhibition: Willard Stone: Following the Grain, 2016.
Willard Stone, artist.

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Title(s): 
Watermelon Thief
Creator(s): 
Willard Stone (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Cherokee descent
Date: 
1946
Materials/Techniques: 
cherry wood
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
11.57
Previous Number(s): 
1127.57; 24200
Department: 
Not On View

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