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  2. Nathan Jackson (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Nathan Jackson (born August 29, 1938) [1] is an Alaska Native artist. He is among the most important living Tlingit artists [2] and the most important Alaskan artists. [3] He is best known for his totem poles, but works in a variety of media. Jackson belongs to the Sockeye clan on the Raven side of the Chilkoot Tlingit. [1]

  3. Totem pole - Wikipedia

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    Totem pole. A Gitxsan pole (left) and Kwakwaka'wakw pole (right) at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, Canada. Totem poles ( Haida: gyáaʼaang) [1] are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures.

  4. Conservation and restoration of totem poles - Wikipedia

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    Conservation goals for totem poles can include stabilization of materials such as wood, paint or loose joints, removal of biological growth, surface cleaning, application of a water or insect repellents, removal of decayed wood, stabilizing of totem at base and in some cases the removal of the totem pole. Conservators who perform treatments on ...

  5. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Indigenous American visual arts include portable arts, such as painting, basketry, textiles, or photography, as well as monumental works, such as architecture, land art, public sculpture, or murals. Some Indigenous art forms coincide with Western art forms; however, some, such as porcupine quillwork or birchbark biting are unique to the Americas.

  6. 6,000-year-old wood carving could solve Stonehenge mystery

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    The oldest decorated wooden object ever found ... carried out just 100 metres north of Stonehenge back in the 1960s suggest that a series of giant totem-pole-like timber obelisks had been erected ...

  7. Haida argillite carvings - Wikipedia

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    The totem pole model continues to be sought after at this time, a trend that continues to the present. 1900–1910: Steady production of the creation of figures and poles. 1910–1960: Most items manufactured are small (6 inches or less). Only a few artists are carving large pieces at this time. Poles are manufactured and sold to stores and ...

  8. Northwest Coast art - Wikipedia

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    Totem poles, a type of Northwest Coast art. Northwest Coast art is the term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations and Native American tribes of the Northwest Coast of North America, from pre-European-contact times up to the present.

  9. Pioneer Square totem pole - Wikipedia

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    The Pioneer Square totem pole, also referred to as the Seattle totem pole and historically as the Chief-of-All-Women pole, is a Tlingit totem pole located in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, Washington. The original totem pole was carved in 1790 and raised in the Tlingit village on Tongass Island, Alaska to honor the Tlingit woman Chief-of ...

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