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Yaadaas Crest Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Haida), sculptor. Title:  Yaadaas Crest Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1900-1903. Relocated 1903. Medium:  Carved cedar with red, black and green paint. Description:  Haida totem pole consists of two Village Watchmen at the top, followed by a Raven reaching down with his tongue to a bear-like figure. Another bear figure holds a human form which is changing into an animal. A third bear appears at bottom. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Haida Animal -- Bird -- Raven Animal -- Bear Figure group Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Sitka Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Located Sitka National Historic Park, 106 Metlakatla Street, Trail #1, Sitka, Alaska 99835 Accession Number: SITK 5203 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 Kassan Village, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska 1903. Remarks:  This pole is from the House of Dzeilu, in the Haida Village of Kasaan. It is reportedly a gift of John Baronovich in 1903, and was part the Brady Collection of poles acquired by Governor John Brady. The poles became park property in 1906. 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 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 AK000111   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AK000111 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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