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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 10318533, member: 55&quot;]Yes, these are some of my model totem poles from Metlakatla carvers.</p><p>Genealogy information on the Mather family is a bit convoluted, and I might be criticized for discussing the genealogy of a First Nations/Native American family not my own, but I believe Conrad Mather, 1923-2002, was a schoolteacher in Ketchikan; he did carve some small totempoles, but not as many as his brother George Mather Sr. or George&#039;s son George Jr.&nbsp; Conrad&#039;s father was Rev. Paul Mather, first Native deacon from Southeast Alaska in 1927. Paul and his brother Caspar were among those who came to Metlakatla in 1987.&nbsp; Their father Edward Keith Mather, 1848-1925 was a blacksmith and silver-worker, known for his spoons.</p><p>Paul&#039;s sons Conrad and George were adopted and raised by Caspar Mather; all of Caspar&#039;s 13 children predeceased him, many in infancy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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