Lincoln Pole: View showing pole in its setting

View showing pole in its setting Original commemorative pole located in Tongass (nr. Ketchikan). The Proud Raven at base commemorates the Raven clan that negotiated a peace with a rival clan. Differing stories explain the Lincoln figure. In one an early chief claimed to have been the first Indian to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Sculpture
Native American
American
sculpture (visual work)
totem pole
totem poles
Indian
Ketchikan
Alaska
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/29512
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Summary:View showing pole in its setting Original commemorative pole located in Tongass (nr. Ketchikan). The Proud Raven at base commemorates the Raven clan that negotiated a peace with a rival clan. Differing stories explain the Lincoln figure. In one an early chief claimed to have been the first Indian to see a white man and raised the pole to honor this event. The only photograph of a white man the carver could obtain was of Lincoln. Another explanation is the top figure represents "lincoln" U.S.Revenue Cutter whose presence helped facilitate the negotiated peace treaty.

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