Bear Totem, (sculpture).

Bear Totem, (sculpture).

Churchill, Edward P., sculptor.

Stokes, Dick, sculptor.

Bear Totem, (sculpture).

Cedar, painted brown, black, green, and white.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 6 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. 10 1/2 in. x Diam. 6 ft. 5 in.

Totem pole depicting a bear, seated with its knees bent in front of its body and its forepaws pressed together in front of its chest. Figure and simple, low base are carved from same cedar log.

Mythology -- American Indian

Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Wrangell

Administered by City of Wrangell, P. O. Box 531, Wrangell, Alaska 99929

Located Wrangell Museum, 2nd Street, In front of Museum entrance, Wrangell, Alaska

Sculpture was carved in 1977 to replace one of two original bear totems which formerly stood in front of the Wrangell Museum. Originals were about forty years old when new carvings were made; they once stood in front of Walter Water's Bear Totem Store (prior to relocation to the Museum site). The 1977 sculptures were funded by the Wrangell Bicentennial Commission.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1994.

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