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Untitled Totem Pole
Standing - panoramio.jpg
The totem pole in 2010
Artist
  • James Bender
  • Marvin Oliver
Year 1984 (1984)
Location Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates 47°36′37″N 122°20′39″W / 47.610142°N 122.344136°W / 47.610142; -122.344136
Seattle Steinbrueck Park - B
The totem in Victor Steinbrueck Park, 2006

Untitled Totem Pole (also known as simply Untitled or Totem Pole) is a 1984 cedar totem pole created by James Bender and Marvin Oliver, installed in Seattle's Victor Steinbrueck Park, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Description and history

Oliver and Bender designed the 50-foot (15 m) totem based on Haida imagery, and Bender carved the sculpture. The top of the totem depicts a raven holding a Salish spinning whorl. Below the raven are human figures, a killer whale with a protruding dorsal fin, another smaller raven, and a bear holding a hawk. The pole is mounted on a concrete base and supported by a steel beam.

See also

  • 1984 in art
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