The Women’s Board of the Field Museum of Natural History commissioned the Big Beaver Totem Pole in honor of a permanent exhibit about the Maritime Peoples of the Arctic and Northwest Coast which opened in 1982. Norman Tait, a member of the Nishga’a Band, Tsimshian Tribe of British Columbia, carved the totem pole. Tait’s Chicago totem pole was his first permanent installation in the Americas. The fifty-five-foot-tall monument explains Tait’s family ancestry and the origin of the beaver as its clan symbol. It depicts a legend in which five brothers go on a beaver hunt. The youngest brother discovers the spiritual powers of beavers and helps two of them escape.
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THEME: "In and around Chicago" - All the pictures in this series are monuments, sculptures and fountains shot at various parks in Chicago. View the entire pictures in this sequence here.
Wow that's fantastic. Stopping by from A to Z Challenge, I'm trying to do a photo a day too, good luck with the rest of the month.
ReplyDeleteLovely story. Just dropping by as part of the A-Z challenge. Good luck :)
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ReplyDeleteYour theme for the A to Z challenge seems excellent, and your photographs are beautiful.
Wow, that's one big totem pole! I grew up in Chicago, and recognized the museum in the background. Lovely photo. Visiting from AtoZ
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