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    Totem Pole, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Totem Pole, (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: telephone pole, painted ; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 35 ft. x W. 1 ft. x Diam. 1 ft.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 1 1/2 ft. x 1 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A stylized totem pole. At the top is an eagle with wings outspread. This is followed by a cryptogram, a bear, an owl, a man's head with a bird's body, a squirrel and a black painted eagle outlined in white. The pole is painted brown and the totems are painted blue, red, green, black, white and yellow.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Animal -- Bear
    Animal -- Bird -- Owl
    Animal -- Squirrel
    Figure male -- Head
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York
    Totem pole
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Owned by Lewis, Bill and Karen, P. O. Box 429, Oneonta, New York 13820
    Located Otsego Lake, East side of lake at 6 mile point, Cooperstown New York
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Camp Chenango and Otsego, New York
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY000623
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