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Totem Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Viscanko, Tom, sculptor. Title:  Totem Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1967. Medium:  Painted wood. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 50 ft. x W. 12 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A totem pole with stacked figures including birds, cattails, a full-figure kneeling Native American, an Indian chief face with a headdress, a bear, an eagle, and a crane or heron on top. The totem pole tells the story of local Ojibway Indians. Subject:  Mythology -- American Indian Ethnic -- Indian -- Ojibwa Ethnic -- Indian -- Chippewa Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Bird -- Crane Animal -- Bird -- Heron Animal -- Bear Object -- Foliage -- Cattail Object Type:  Totem pole Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- White Pine Sculpture Owner:  Carp Lake Township Hall, White Pine, Michigan Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: THIS TOTEM TELLS THE STORY OF/THE OJIBWAY INDIAN WHO ONCE/CLAIMED AS HIS, THE LAND FROM/MICHIGAN TO NORTH DAKOTA. THE/CHIPPEWA, AS THE WHITE MAN/CALLED HIM, HAD A LONG HISTORY/OF WHICH HIS CHILDREN SHOULD/BE PROUD. TODAY HE LIVES IN THE/MEMORY OF HIS GLORY. HIS LANDS/ARE GONE--HIS HERITAGE REMAINS./PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS CONSERVATION/AND SPORTSMEN'S CLUB/OCTOBER 3, 1967. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. 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 MI000113   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000113 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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