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Wandering Raven House Entrance Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Brown, Charles, sculptor. Title:  Wandering Raven House Entrance Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Medium:  Carved red cedar with green, red, black and white painted figures. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 50 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  This is an entrance pole, since it has a low oval opening at its foot. The figures from top to bottom include a raven, mink, frog and whale. The pole depicts the legend of Raven creating daylight, illustrated with a box at his feet and figures of Chief Raven-at-the-Head-of-Nass, who owned the sun, moon and stars, and Raven's mother. The pole also tells the story of Natsihline, who brought life to the whale or blackfish by carving them. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Mythology -- American Indian -- Raven Mythology -- American Indian -- Natsihline Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Animal -- Whale Animal -- Mink Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Ketchikan Totem pole Gate Sculpture Owner:  Located Totem Bight State Historical Park, North Tongass Highway, Ketchikan, Alaska Administered by State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks, 3601 C Street, Suite 1258, P. O. Box 107001, Anchorage, Alaska 99510 Provenance:  Formerly administered by United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia 1938-1959. Remarks:  Totem Bight State Historical Park is listed with the National Register of Historic Places. In 1938, the United States Forest Service initiated a program in which Native totem poles were restored or duplicated. Native-American sculptors were hired for this work under the Civilian Conservation Corps. Ownership of the site passed from the Federal government to Alaska in 1959 when Alaska became a state. IAS files include a brochure from Totem Bight and a Totem Pole Maintenance summary. 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 AK000134   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000134 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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