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Totem Pole Park, (sculpture). Artist:  Galloway, Ed, 1880-1962, sculptor. Title:  Totem Pole Park, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Small Tree Totem, (sculpture). Tree Totem, (sculpture). Spear Totem, (sculpture). Main Totem, (sculpture). Dates:  1937-1962. Main Totem: Completed 1948. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted concrete and plaster with steel armatures. Dimensions:  12 pieces. Small Tree Totem: approx. 5 x 3 x 2 ft.; Tree Totem: approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 3 ft.; Spear Totem: approx. 15 x 2 1/2 x 1 ft.; Main Totem: approx. H. 70 ft. x Diam. 20 ft. (28 tons). Inscription:  (Incised on gatepost by house:) GALLOWAY (On main totem, south side:) 1948 (On sign:) TOTEM POLE PARK/BUILT BY NATHAN EDWARD "ED" GALLOWAY, 1937-1962 (Extensive history follows) TOTEM POLE BUILT 1937-1948, ORIGINALLY 90 FT. TALL, 18 FT. DIAMETER, 57 FT. CIRCUMFERENCE, 200 CARVED PICTURES, INCLUDING 9 FT. TALL GERONIMO, SITTING BULL, JOSEPH AND A COMANCHE signed Description:  Totem Pole Park cover 1.5 acres and consists of four totem poles, four sets of decorated gateposts, two sets of picnic tables, a decorated barbecue pit and the Fiddle House. All have Native American decorations of fish, birds and Native figures. The Main Totem, reportedly the largest in the world, is topped by four chiefs, Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph and an unidentified Comanche Chief. It has over 200 symbols, eight rooms inside and rests atop a large turtle. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Apache Ethnic -- Indian -- Comanche Ethnic -- Indian -- Nez Perce Ethnic -- Indian -- Sioux Object -- Furniture -- Table Object -- Furniture -- Chair Portrait male -- Geronimo -- Full length Portrait male -- Joseph, Chief -- Full length Portrait male -- Sitting Bull, Chief -- Full length Animal -- Bird Animal -- Fish Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Architecture -- Domestic -- House Object -- Musical Instrument -- Violin Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Foyil Folk Totem pole Gate Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Rogers County Historical Society, 121 North Chickasaw, Claremore, Oklahoma 74018 Located Totem Pole Park, State Highway 28A, Foyil, Oklahoma Remarks:  Totem Pole Park was a retirement project for Ed Galloway, whose home was located on the property. After his death in 1962, the pieces deteriorated and vandals stole the violins stored in the Fiddle House and spray painted graffiti throughout. The roof of the Fiddle House collapsed and the home was set afire. The Kansas Grassroots Arts Association began restoration in 1983. They replaced the roof on the Fiddle House, repainted it and cleaned up the natural debris. A later restoration effort was a joint project of the Association, the Rogers County Historical Society, the Foyil Heritage Association and the Galloway family. The Park is listed the State of Oklahoma's Landmarks Inventory. IAS files contain brochures from the Kansas Grassroots Arts Association and the Rogers County Historical Society and related articles from the Society's newsletter, July 1990, USA Today, Sept. 12, 1991, and the Sunday Oklahoman, July 14, 1996. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. 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 OK000229   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000229 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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