Lake Wawasee, the largest natural lake in Indiana, covers nearly three thousand acres and is filled with nearly 23 billion gallons of water. Visitors to the county celebrate local culture with an egg festival in Mentone each June, highlighting the county’s large hatched egg, poultry meat, and egg-processing businesses.

This piece depicts a straining yet sturdy bronze farmer holding a water-covered, egg-shaped globe on his shoulders. The egg shape represents the importance of farming in Kosciusko County.  The water represents over 100 lakes in this county, including Lake Wawasee.

Designers Jeff Laramore and David Jemerson Young of 2nd Globe, an Indianapolis–based artistic company, designed all 92 of the county sculptures featured on the outside of the Indiana State Museum. Their designs narrate the counties’ famous natives, historically significant events, or their cultural heritage, and were fabricated and installed by various Indiana sculptors, carvers, glassworkers, metal workers, and other artisans.