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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11369711, member: 8267&quot;]I am hoping someone might recognize the carver of this totem pole. 14 1/2&quot;, unpainted, looks like cedar. No signature anywhere that I can find.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a hole drilled in the base which held a folded up mimeographed sheet explaining that it is a version of a Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakiutl) Thunderbird pole at Alert Bay. Unfortunately the paper does not credit a particular carver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have found that ANAC stands for the Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Association or Cooperative. They adopted the logo trademark that appears on the paper in 1949, and have continued to exist in some form at least up until 1984. Based on the use of the mimeograph, I would place the date of this pole somewhere in the mid twentieth century.</p><p><br /></p><p>All comments or suggestions welcomed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]541936[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]541937[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]541938[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]541939[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]541940[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]541941[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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