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Artist/Creator (1)	unknown Kwakiutl artist
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	Canadian (Native American)
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Artist/Creator (2)	Hunt, Tony (born 1941)
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality	Canadian (Native American, Kwakiutl)
Artist/Creator (2).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Totem Pole
Variant Title/Caption	Kwa-Ma-Rolas; Kwanusila Totem Pole; Kwagulth Totem Pole
Site/Creative Center	Alert Bay, Vancouver Island
Date of Work	Original completed 1929. Replacement carved in 1986
Description of View	Detail view showing male figure on back of whale
Notes	Located Lincoln Park, East of Lake Shore Drive at Addison Avenue, Chicago, IL. The original Kwakiutl totem pole from Vancouver was donated to the City of Chicago by James L. Kraft on June 1929. A duplicate of the pole was made by the Kwakiutl artist Tony Hunt of Fort Rupert, British Columbia, in 1986 for Lincoln Park and the original totem pole was given back to British Columbia.
Technique/Process	sculpture, woodcarving, painting
Materials/Medium	Sculpture: painted red cedar. Base: concrete
Dimensions	Sculpture: ca. 40 x 15 x 4 ft. Base: Ht. 1 ft. Diam. 18 ft.
Culture	Native North American, Northwest Coast, Kwakiutl [Kwagiutl]
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Chicago, Illinois (United States)
Location.Current Repository	Lincoln Park
Subject	Sculpture, Native American Sculpture, American Indian Sculpture, Kwakiutl Sculpture, 20th Century Public sculpture Totem poles Animals Whales Figures, males
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	American Public Sculpture
Credit Line	Photographers: Rob Wilkinson and Colleen Chartier
Reference Number	ART on FILE PS-100(2)-2
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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