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Raven/Shark Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Jimmie, T., sculptor. Unknown (Tlingit), sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Raven/Shark Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  1978. Medium:  Carved cedar. Description:  Possibly a Tlingit crest pole, this replica may also depict the Raven/Shark Legend. From top to bottom, the figures appear to be Raven, a shark or dogfish, a wolf or fox and a bear or stump. The story concerns Raven who fell in love with a woman from afar. After communicating through the woman's brother, Raven proposed marriage. Ashamed that her body did not match her beautiful face, she refused, until Raven convinced her that true beauty comes from within. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Mythology -- American Indian -- Raven/Shark Legend Animal -- Fish -- Dogfish Animal -- Fox Animal -- Wolf Animal -- Bear Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka Totem pole Copy Sculpture Owner:  Located Sitka National Historic Park, 106 Metlakatla Street, Visitor Center #14, Sitka, Alaska 99835 Accession Number: SITK 5230 Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  This pole is replica carved in 1978 after the original pole decayed. The original was reportedly a gift of Chief Tom Taki'et of Tuxekan Village to Governor John Brady in 1903. The poles in the Brady Collection became part of the park in 1906. The original was exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1964. 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 AK000127   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000127 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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