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Raven Memorial Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Federoff, George, sculptor. Unknown (Tlingit), sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Raven Memorial Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  1959-1960. Medium:  Carved cedar, painted. Description:  Single figure of a raven sits atop a totem pole. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Animal -- Bird -- Raven Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka Totem pole Copy Sculpture Owner:  Located Sitka National Historic Park, 106 Metlakatla Street, Trail #8, Sitka, Alaska 99835 Accession Number: SITK 5214 Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  This replica was created after the original was damaged by fire. The original was reportedly a gift of Thomas Snook or Snuck of Tuxekan Village to Governor John Brady in 1903. The poles in the Brady Collection became part of the park in 1906. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Carved History," a publication of the National Park Service. IAS files contain a detailed condition assessment, "Carved Pole Condition Survey," June 1991, prepared by Ron Sheetz and Alan Levitan, National Park Service, Division of Conservation, Harpers Ferry Center. For detailed treatment information, see IAS files for "Sitka National Historical Park: Totem Pole Preservation Project/92," by Ron Sheetz and Alan Levitan, and a National Park Service publication, "Preservation Tech Notes: Exterior Woodwork," no. 4, Oct. 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1993. 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 AK000120   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000120 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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