State Fish

State Fish (Chinook Salmon) is one in a series of seventeen bronze medallions that depict icons of the state of Oregon. The Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), also known as spring, king and tyee salmon, is the largest of the Pacific salmons and the most highly prized for the fresh fish trade...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cunningham, Dennis, 1949-
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Sculpture > Themes
motives
Bronze
Etching
Medallions (Decorative arts)
Chinook salmon
bronze (metal)
medallions (ornament areas)
etching (corroding)
Arctic
Pacific
Tyee
Online Access:http://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df67zh676
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Summary:State Fish (Chinook Salmon) is one in a series of seventeen bronze medallions that depict icons of the state of Oregon. The Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), also known as spring, king and tyee salmon, is the largest of the Pacific salmons and the most highly prized for the fresh fish trade. Declared state fish by the 1961 Oregon Legislature, the Chinook Salmon is found from southern California to the Canadian Arctic.; 2000

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