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Dog Eater Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Dog Eater Pole, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Dog-Eater Spirit, (sculpture). Dates:  1930s. Medium:  Carved, painted wood. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Solid, carved wooden pole. On top of the pole is a seated male figure holding the limp body of a dog in his arms. Below them, is the head of a brown bear, the crest of the wolf clansmen who own the pole. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Animal -- Dog Animal -- Bear Mythology Ethnic -- Indian -- Klawak Object Type:  Totem pole Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Klawock Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Klawock, City Administrator, P. O. Box 113, Klawock, Alaska 99925 Located Klawock Totem Pole Park, Klawock, Alaska Remarks:  One of two known Klawak carvings of a dog. According to legend, the dog-eater spirit causes those under its influence to lose control over their actions. Only by eating the flesh of a dog, can the spirit be quieted and the victim return to his right mind. IAS files contain excerpt from Viola E. Garfield and Linn A. Forrest's: "The Wolf and the Raven," Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1961, pgs. 141, 143, and 145. Klawock Totem Pole Park contains twenty-one replicas made from the original totem poles of the Tlingit fishing village of Tuxekan. The poles were created in the 1930s through the Roosevelt Administration's CCC program. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1994. SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2000. SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2001. Illustration:  Image on file. Garfield, Viola E., "The Wolf and the Raven," Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1961, fig. 59. 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 AK000033   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000033 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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