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Kiks Adi Totem, (sculpture). Artist:  Brown, Steve, sculptor. Price, Wayne, sculptor. Title:  Kiks Adi Totem, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Kicksetti Totem, (sculpture). Dates:  1986-1987. Dedicated July 2, 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cedar, painted black, green, turquoise, brown, and red. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 32 ft. x Diam. 8 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Totem pole featuring the following figures, top to bottom: a mountain spirit; a frog (the crest of the Kiks Adi tribe of the Tlingit nation); Old Raven talking to Young Raven; and a crouching beaver. Details of the figures are emphasized with paints in black, white, green, red, brown, and turquoise. Subject:  Mythology -- American Indian Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Animal -- Bird -- Raven Animal -- Beaver Object Type:  Totem pole Copy Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Wrangell Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Wrangell Cooperative Association, P. O. Box 868, Wrangell, Alaska 99929 Located Kiks Adi Totem Park, Front & Episcopal Streets, Wrangell, Alaska Remarks:  Sculpture was carved in 1986-1987 under the sponsorship of the Wrangell Totem Project, which was funded by the Alaska State Legislature, Office of History and Archaeology, and the Alaska Division of Tourism. The project was conducted by the Wrangell Cultural Heritage Committee and included the creation of the Kiks Adi Totem Park in Wrangell. The park occupies the site where the Kiks Adi Totem was first erected in 1895 to honor Kahlteen, Head of the Kiks Adi clan of the Tlingit nation. Sculpture is a replica of this original totem. IAS files contain transcription from nearby historic marker. 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 AK000011   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000011 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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