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(Haida Totem Pole), (sculpture). Artist:  Wallace, John Dewey, 1861-1952, sculptor. Title:  (Haida Totem Pole), (sculpture). Dates:  1937. Medium:  Totem pole: cedar, carved and painted; Base: metal. Dimensions:  Totem pole: approx. H. 40 ft. x Diam. 89 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 24 x 36 in. Inscription:  (Inscription on front of base:) CARVED BY HAIDA CHIEF/JOHN DEWEY WALLACE/WATERFALL, ALASKA/1937 Description:  A totem pole with an old woman sitting with an eagle at the top and a bear sitting beneath her. There are two other animals bellow the bear, and between them is the small sitting figure of a boy or man. A bird, perhaps a crow, sits beneath the animals, and at the bottom of the totem pole there is a Haida man. Two-thirds of the way up the totem pole there is the son with an eagle. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Haida Figure group Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Bear Animal -- Bird -- Crow Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Lake Washington Ship Canal, Waterside Trail, Off of East Shelby Street & East Park Drive East, at entrance to Montlake cut, Seattle, Washington Provenance:  Formerly located Waterfall, Alaska Remarks:  The totem pole is carved in the traditional Haida manner and tells the story of North Island. The totem pole was a private gift to the city of Seattle. For related information see James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 169. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington 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 WA000054   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000054 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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