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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Totem Pole
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Held by the artist.

Totem Pole

Artist/Maker (Kwagiulth, b. 1956)
Artist/Maker (Kwagiulth, b. 1964)
Artist/Maker (Kwagiulth, b. 1955)
Date1993
Mediumcedar and paint
DimensionsOverall: 120 x 66 x 36 in. (304.8 x 167.6 x 91.4 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
    Object number93.0015
    Visual Description

    This ten-foot-tall cedar totem pole features three distinct subjects, one atop the other, painted with bold formlines in black, brick red, forest green, chocolate brown, and sky blue. On the bottom is a squat figure in glossy blonde wood, and above it is a brown bear-like figure with a downward pointing fish painted onto its stomach. On the top of the totem pole is a black bird, the insides of its spread wings adorned with red and sky-blue markings, the same colors found in the face painted on its chest.

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