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Page 38GREENWICH NEWS. Thursday. May 12.KEEPING THE PAST ALIVE — Native American artist David Boxley works on a totempoleTotem pole artist coming to museumDavid Boxley, creator of a 35-foot totem pole, is in Greenwich this week to dedicatethe pole’s installation at the Bruce Museum.The pole, a gift from Doc tor and Mrs. Raymond R Sackler of Greenwich, was commissioned to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the museum. Mr. Boxley of Kingston, Washington, is a native American who wasanimal —which, according to legend, had bestowed special gifts or magical powers upon the family’s remote ancestors.The five figures on the Museum's totem pole represent, from top to bottom, a raven, a mosquito, a man with a bow-and arrows, a bear, and Am-Ala,” the being who supports the world in TsimshianTomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Mr. Boxley will conduct a family program at the museum. Besides telling traditional stories about the figures carved on the pole, he will describe the Potlatch and answer questions about his tribe's customs.at theraised in Metlakatla. Alaska, by his Tsimshian grandparents. He is one of several Nativemythology.Tonight at 8 p.m. museum, Mr. Boxley will give a lecture to the Archaeological Associates of Greenwich onAdmission to this event is free for members of the Bruce Museum Associates and $2 fornon-members, and reservationsare requested For those unable to attendAmerican artists who areworking to revive ancienthandicrafts and pass the knowledge on to future generations.Four tribes of Native“Tsimshian: a NorthwestCoast Village in the Last Hundred Years.” The publicis invited.these events, Mr. Boxley has recorded an audio tape explaining the totem pole'ssymbolism, which will be available at the Museum'sreception desk.American peoples living along the Northwest Coast — theResident to judge art competitionHaida, Kwakiutl, Tlingit, and Tsimshian — were especially skilled in wood-carving and produced fine totem poles through the mid nineteenth century. The Kwakiutl, Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian usually carved their totem poles from cedar logs to represent the genealogy of the tribe’s leading clans. Each figure was a family crest which symbolized a mythical being — usually anThe Turn on to Art committee of Vitam Center inNorwalk will host a preview breakfast on Thursday morning. May 19. for contributing sponsors and the professional jury panel of its fourth annual Turn on to Art competition and show. High schools in 11 Fairfield County towns are participating in the show.judges of the competition. Jean Woodham of Westportand A1 Knaus of Norwalk alsocomprise the jury panel.For the second year. Imported Cars of Greenwich is among the corporate sponsors of the show.Works entered in the com-Richard S. Rothschild of Greenwich is one of the threepetition will remain on view May 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no admission charge Vitam Center is at 57 WestRocks Road in Norwalk
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