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    		• Thomas, Joe,
     
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    		• Ukas, Thomas,
     
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    		• Tamaree, William,
     
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    		• Kelly, Phillip,
     
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    		• Mythology -- American Indian
     
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    		• Animal -- Bear
     
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    		• Figure male
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Totem pole
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Wrangell
     
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    Underwater Grizzly, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Thomas, Joe, sculptor.
    Ukas, Thomas, sculptor.
    Tamaree, William, sculptor.
    Kelly, Phillip, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Underwater Grizzly, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Undersea Bear, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1939-1940. Dedicated June 3-4, 1940.
    Medium: 
    Cedar, painted black, brown, and green.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 20 ft. x Diam. 6 ft. 9 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Totem pole featuring the figure of a crouching bear seated atop a plain unsculptured column of cedar. A hat sits on top of the bear's head; beneath him crouches a small human figure.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- American Indian
    Animal -- Bear
    Figure male
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Totem pole
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    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Wrangell
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Wrangell Cooperative Association, P. O. Box 868, Wrangell, Alaska 99929
    Located Shakes Island, Tribal House of the Bear, Foot of Shakes Street, Wrangell, Alaska
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture was carved 1939-1940 under the sponsorship of the Civilian Conservation Corps. It replicates an earlier original totem.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 AK000007
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