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Waasgo Legend Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Benson, George, sculptor. Unknown (Haida), sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Waasgo Legend Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  1938-1941. Medium:  Carved cedar, painted. Description:  Replica totem pole tells the story of the sea monster, called "Waasgo" in Haida and "Gunakadeit" in Tlingit. The story concerns a son-in-law who outwits his mother-in-law when he wears the skin of a sea monster he killed. The top figure is likely the mother-in-law. The bottom figures are reportedly the son-in-law in the skin of the sea monster, holding a whale in his mouth. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Ethnic -- Indian -- Haida Mythology -- American Indian -- Gunakadeit Mythology -- American Indian -- Waasgo Figure group Animal -- Whale Fantasy -- Monster Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka Totem pole Copy Sculpture Owner:  Located Sitka National Historic Park, 106 Metlakatla Street, Visitor Center #13, Sitka, Alaska 99835 Accession Number: SITK 5229 Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Exhibitions:  New York World's Fair, New York, 1964-1965. Remarks:  This replica was created as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps project, and was exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1964. The original was reportedly a gift of Koonkeit of Klawock Village to Governor John Brady in 1903. It also may have originated in Sukkwan Village. The poles in the Brady Collection became part of the park in 1906. IAS files include 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 AK000126   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000126 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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