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Yaadaas Crest Corner Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Haida), sculptor. Title:  Yaadaas Crest Corner Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1900-1903. Relocated 1903. Medium:  Carved cedar, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 26 ft. Description:  Crest pole of the Yaadaas Clan depicts the Village Watchman at top, the figure of Raven as a human, as a raven and a bear with what appears to be an animal in its mouth. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Haida Animal -- Bird -- Raven Animal -- Bear Figure male Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Located Sitka National Historic Park, 106 Metlakatla Street, Sitka, Alaska 99835 Accession Number: SITK 5211 Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Brady, John, Sitka, Alaska 1903-1906. Gift of Baronovich, John, Old Kasaan Village, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska 1903. Remarks:  This pole was reportedly the gift of John Baronovich of Old Kasaan Village to Governor John Brady in 1903. The poles in the Brady collection became part of the park in 1906. Sections of this pole are thought to be original and other portions are believed to be replacements executed as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps project. 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 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 AK000112   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000112 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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