"Great White Buffalo"A Kansas Portrait
Taking almost two years to complete, the sculpture is made of eight tons of white Ravaccione marble, named for the Italian locale where it formed. Lumen Winter's design was chosen from more than 50 entries and it expresses his love of Kansas. Unfortunately, he never saw it completed. He died suddenly in the spring of 1982 and his son William, working from the designs of his father, saw the statue to its completion. The statue was dedicated October 18, 1983. It portrays a buffalo and a Native American living in harmony. The man is not attempting to harm the buffalo, but rather merely signals his presence by touching the blunt end of his spear to the buffalo's back. It is this spirit of universal harmony, peace, and love between man and nature that existed with our settlers and that Lumen Winter shares with us through his sculpture. |
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The
sculpture of "The Great White Buffalo," resides on the grounds of the
Kansas Historical Society in Topeka. It was created by the artistic
talents of Lumen Martin Winter, who grew up near Larned and whose other
works include the completion of the 
