Four Story Totem Pole - Juneau, Alaska - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This traditional totem, carved by a master carver, stands in front of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, across the street from the state capitol.

"Four Story" refers not to its height, rather to the fact that four Haida clan stories are represented in the carvings.

TITLE: Four Story Totem Pole ARTIST(S): John Wallace DATE: 1940 MEDIUM: Western Red Cedar CONTROL NUMBER: AK000196 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Lawn of Juneau-Douglas City Museum, across the street from the statehouse DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Described as "painted" with specific colors. Paint has apparently weathered off since the listing was created, as there is little or no evidence of any color.

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