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    		• Tagook, Charlie,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Wrangell
     
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    		• Totem pole
     
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    Tagook Totem, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tagook, Charlie, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Tagook Totem, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1939-1940. Dedicated June 4, 1940.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted cedar.
    Dimensions: 
    Totem: approx. H. 65 ft. x Diam. 9 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. H. 1 ft. 7 in. x Diam. 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Totem consists of seven major figures, each painted. Top figure is a man with a potlatch hat; 2nd figure is a broad white ring with brown face in center; 3rd section is animal figure, black with green and red on wings; 4th section is figure of a man, brown with green eyes, black eyebrows, who carries unpainted "tool" in center of chest; 5th figure is that of a whale facing down with tail curved over back; whale is black with red, green and white decorative design; white teeth. 6th figure is a Raven, black with red and green colors. 7th bottom figure is that of a man, brown with black eyebrows, red on face; green around eyes, hands held together with white face on chest.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Raven
    Animal -- Whale
    Figure male -- Head
    Object -- Tool
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Wrangell
    Totem pole
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Wrangell, P. O. Box 531, Wrangell, Alaska 99929
    Located City Hall, Breuger Street, Wrangell, Alaska
    Remarks: 
    The totem was carved to celebrate the Last Great Potlatch at Wrangell in 1940. It was refurbished and repainted in 1974. IAS files contain copies of Wrangell Sentinel May 31, 1940, sect. 1, pg. 1-2 and May 31, 1940, sect. 1, pg. 7-8, which discuss anticipated dedication ceremonies for the new totem, then placed at head of Front Street.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS AK000100
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