Leatherlips

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Leatherlips, Dublin Arts Council’s first Dublin Art in Public Places program project, was created by Boston artist Ralph Helmick. The sculpture, a 12' portrait of the Wyandot Native American Chief Leatherlips, was installed in Scioto Park in 1990. The head is a composite structure of various sizes of native limestone, stacked and mortared. The sculpture is open on the top and has stacked stones extending back along its sides, creating a small enclosure that provides visitors a view of the river, the sunset and the amphitheater.

Local history relates that Chief Leatherlips was executed by fellow tribesman at a location near Scioto Park. In fact, Chief Leatherlips’s final hunting camp is said to have been sited 2 miles north of Historic Dublin, along the banks of the Scioto River near the location of the present-day park. Early historical accounts by the white settlers of the time described the old Chief as intelligent, dignified and peaceful.

For more information about Leatherlips, visit dublinarts.org and click on the Art in Public Places tab.

Materials

Limestone

Dates

Purchased: 1988
Installed: 1990

Dimensions

Height: 12'

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Location

Scioto Park, 7377 Riverside Dr., Dublin, Ohio, 43065
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