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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Holy Childhood of Jesus Church

City: Harbor Springs

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1892

Subject/Title of Window: Turtle

Brief Description of Subject: Combination of windows 20, 21 and 22. The stain glass windows are by Elizabeth Deveaux of San Chico, California. She won a national award for the art work and design of the three windows. With all three windows together there is a large circle there are small individual circles with the symbols of the Sky, Earth, and Water again representing the circle of life.
 
The turtle represents the local clan of the Odawa Indians. It also represents as Joe Kisihego told me a creature emerging from water to land becoming man living on Earth. All lands are referred to as Turtle Island.

Condition of Window: Good

Height: 17'

Width: 4'

The Turtle
The Turtle

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