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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
Culture: 
Native American; Cherokee descent
Date: 
1946
Materials/Techniques: 
cherry wood
Classification: 
Sculpture
Object Type: 
Wood Sculpture
Accession No: 
11.57
Previous Number(s): 
1127.57; 24200
Department: 
Art
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