p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Valdez----Tribute to Native Americans
In Valdez, Alaska, was the carved wood statue representing the state's first people.
Neither of the Eskimo/Aleut Native People, nor of the Athabascan/Indian People; it is a composite to represent all the earliest Alaskans.
The sculptor did the same for all the states and territories of the United States.
His Native Alaskan statue was in the port city of Valdez the last time I saw it.
p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Valdez----Tribute to Native Americans
Interesting reactions.
Nor am I sure what the sculptor had in mind- except that people who smile all the time aren't to be trusted .
Or perhaps that 5,000 years ago (for the Eskimos/Aleuts), and 10,000 years ago (for the interior Indians), the land we now call Alaska was a pretty serious place.
Charlie
p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Valdez----Tribute to Native Americans
Glad you like it, Wrei.
Looks like a mustache to me also. Which is curious, because facial hair is not common among far northern native people.
The sculptor certainly knew that, so it might be used here as a symbol of authority the old man had- or to convey the notion that he lived a lot longer than the average for the times. Or...?
Charlie
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