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Lakich'inei Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Haida), sculptor. Unknown (Tlingit), sculptor. Title:  Lakich'inei Pole, (sculpture). Medium:  Carved cedar, painted. Description:  The pole depicts Tlingit legend figures of Lakich'inei and Bear Who Married a Woman. Lakich'inei is seen wearing a fish-spine coat and pressing one of his children, a half-dog half-human creature, to death. Bear Who Married a Woman appears in the middle. The bottom figure is a bear with a snail or shrimp in its mouth. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Haida Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Mythology -- American Indian -- Bear Who Married a Woman Mythology -- American Indian -- Lakich'inei Animal -- Fish -- Shrimp Animal -- Other -- Snail Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Located Sitka National Historic Park, 106 Metlakatla Street, Trail #10, Sitka, Alaska 99835 Accession Number: SITK 5217 Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  Although this pole features Tlingit figures, it is believed to be the work of Haida carver. It was reportedly a gift of Johnny Kanow or Jones of Sukkwan Village to Governor John Brady in 1903. The poles in the Brady Collection became part of the park in 1906. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Carved History," a publication of the National Park Service. IAS files contain a detailed condition assessment, "Carved Pole Condition Survey," June 1991, prepared by Ron Sheetz and Alan Levitan, National Park Service, Division of Conservation, Harpers Ferry Center. For detailed treatment information, see IAS files for "Sitka National Historical Park: Totem Pole Preservation Project/92," by Ron Sheetz and Alan Levitan, and a National Park Service publication, "Preservation Tech Notes: Exterior Woodwork," no. 4, Oct. 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1993. 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 AK000123   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000123 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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