Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2009.32.001
Accession#:
2009.32
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Sculpture
Title:
Kiksadi
Artist — Creator:
Marks, Jim Willie
Date:
2008
Description:
Carved yellow cedar totem pole.
Miniature totem pole carved from yellow cedar. Four primary sculptural elements. The figure at the bottom is a beaver, above the beaver is a raven, above the raven with head down is a frog. The final element at top appears to be a humanoid face, perhaps on a bentwood box. Pole is fixed to a half circular wooden base with two wooden pins.
On reverse near the top is the following: ' KIKSADI / JIM MARKS / "08" '.
Miniature totem pole carved from yellow cedar. Four primary sculptural elements. The figure at the bottom is a beaver, above the beaver is a raven, above the raven with head down is a frog. The final element at top appears to be a humanoid face, perhaps on a bentwood box. Pole is fixed to a half circular wooden base with two wooden pins.
On reverse near the top is the following: ' KIKSADI / JIM MARKS / "08" '.
Notes:
Born with the Tlingit name Jaktween, the artist was a Raven of the Lukaax.ádi (Sockeye) Clan and the Geisán Hít (Mount Rapinsky House). He passed away in 2009.
A master carver, his work is recognized throughout Alaska and has gone as far abroad as Australia and Japan. This totem includes four primary sculptural elements. At the bottom is a beaver, above the beaver is a raven, and above the raven with head down is a frog. The final element at top is a humanoid face over a bentwood box.
A master carver, his work is recognized throughout Alaska and has gone as far abroad as Australia and Japan. This totem includes four primary sculptural elements. At the bottom is a beaver, above the beaver is a raven, and above the raven with head down is a frog. The final element at top is a humanoid face over a bentwood box.
People:
Marks, Jim Willie
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Kiks adi Totem
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