Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Statuette of a Toqui carrying a puma and a sword or long knife in a scabbard. The muscular figure is captured in full stride wearing a loin cloth. A Toqui (meaning axe or axe-bearer) is a title conferred by the Mapuche (an indigenous Chilean people) on those chosen as leaders during times of war.
The statue was presented to Lord Baden-Powell and his wife Lady Olave by the Chilean delegation that attended the 1929 Jamboree in England.

On the base of the statue is the inscription:
EL TOQUI
A SIR BADEN POWELL | LOS SCOUTS DE CHILE | 1929.

Gilwell Park is the Scout Association's national headquarters. It is located in Sewardstonebury, belonging to Waltham Abbey, Essex, although usually the address is given as (North) London.

Signature

Sculptor

• Fernando Thauby Sanhueza (Santiago 1886 - 1963), Chilean sculptor (Biografia).

Sources & Information

• El Rincon de Scout Coleccionista, Blogspot, El Toqui: Un regalo de Chile a Robert Baden Powell.
• Waymarking.com, Chile Statue - Gilwell Park, Essex, UK.
• E-mail by Manuel Romo, 28 April 2019.

Tags

• Town: Waltham Abbey
• County: Essex
• Subdivision: East of England
• Country: Great Britain
• Chief
• Fundición artt;stica Rómulo Tonti (Santiago de Chile)
• Thauby, Fernando

Location (N 51°38'58" - E 0°0'9")