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Kadjuk Bird Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Native American), sculptor. Unknown (Native American), sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Kadjuk Bird Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  Late 1930s. Medium:  Carved red cedar with green, red, yellow and black painted figures. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 58 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Kadjuk bird perches atop a totem pole which is mostly uncarved. The figure of Raven appears below the uncarved portion, his breast morphing into the headdress of his wife Fog Woman who wears a labret in her lower lip. She holds a salmon in each hand, the first in the world which she produced. Two faces at the base of the pole represent Raven's slaves. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Mythology -- American Indian -- Kadjuk Bird Mythology -- American Indian -- Fog Woman Animal -- Bird -- Raven Animal -- Fish -- Salmon Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Ketchikan Totem pole Copy 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:  This is a copy of a Tlingit pole on Cat Island. 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 AK000142   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000142 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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