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November 7, 2014

Tourists carve on totem pole at Juneau tramway

By MELISSA GRIFFITHS
Juneau Empire

JUNEAU, Alaska — Both fine art and performance art, the carving of a totem pole by father-son duo Doug and Michael Chilton, punctuated by jokes and laughter, is drawing in visitors at the Goldbelt Mount Roberts Tramway.

The charismatic pair of Tlingit artists is working on one of four totem poles that will stand in the Timberline Restaurant once it is remodeled. They will complete the final pole next summer, also to be carved on display at the entrance to the tramway's gift shop, the Juneau Empire reported.


 
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