Turtle
notes: label: Description
content: Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, kept this carved wooden turtle on his desk as a symbol of the Foundation’s approach to its work. The leader of an African NGO (who Walker chose not to identify) gave Walker the turtle when he became president of the Ford Foundation in 2013. Turtles can live for many years and the gift conveyed a hope for his longevity. Walker explained that “because the Ford Foundation makes long-term investments in institutions, ideas and people, [he] believe[s] the turtle is a metaphor for our approach.”
place: label: Associated Place
content: China
topic: label: referenced
content: Philanthropy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
label: Exhibition
content: Giving in America
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Darren Walker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0104.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0104
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0104.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 9.525 cm x 11.43 cm