ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



I KAMKWijKk i.M I HE TLLNKIT II(JU 



Zoological Society, and later on were delivered at 

 the Zoological Park at the expense of Mr. Harri- 

 man. For several months 

 the question of the best site 

 for this unique gift was 

 considered, and reconsid- 

 ered. At last, however, the 

 ideal spot was chosen, 

 fronting upon the Aquatic 

 Mammals' Pond, and close 

 up against the trees of the 

 wooded ridge on which the 

 Wild Turkeys' Enclosure 

 is located. It is absolutely 

 necessary that an Alaskan 

 Indian house and totem - 

 pole should front on water, 

 and be backed by forest. 



Beyond question, t h i - 

 unique exhibit is one of the 

 most picturesque and strik- 

 ing in the whole of the 

 Zoological Park. The pole 

 is forty-seven feet high 

 above the ground, and 

 three feet two inches in 

 diameter at its base, where 



the carven bears begin. 

 With a true sense of pro- 

 portion, it tapers toward 

 the top, where it is sur- 

 mounted by a colossal fig- 

 ure of a thunder-bird, 

 possibly a gull, carved in 

 wood. In cross section 

 the pole is broadly ellipti- 

 cal, with one side to the 

 front. The front and the 

 edges were painted, but the 

 back never has been col- 

 ored. Through wear and 

 tear the original colors — 

 red, green, white, and black 

 — had lost so much of their 

 freshness that it was de- 

 cided to restore them. This 

 was done with great care, 

 and to-day the specimen 

 looks precisely as it did 

 when it first went up on 

 i;. Cape Fox. 



The house front is 

 thirt\'-nine feet wide, by seventeen feet high to the 

 peak of the roof; and the entire front is occupied 



TOTEM-POLE AND HOUSE, AS FINISHED. 

 Gift of Mr. E. H. Harriman 



