Bennachie, Totem Pole

Location

On the slopes of Bennachie, near Monymusk
Monymusk, Inverurie

OS Map Reference

NJ 693 217

Date

2002

Description

A wooden totem pole carved in the American Indian style near the Bennachie Centre, the main image being of an eagle with salmon on either side. Created by the Scottish Totem Pole Project a partnership between Royal Museum, the artist Kenny Grieve (Brotus Rural Crafts) and a group of Canadian First Nations carvers (on projects in 2002 led by XwaLackTun , Xwa works in two First Nation styles, the Northern Kwaguilth Coast Salish and West Coast Squamish). This cross cultural project involves schools and communities across Scotland investigating Northwest Coast artefacts, exploring their own heritage and natural environment, and creating uniquely Scottish totem poles.. see http://www.nms.ac.uk/totempoles/home/

Era

2000s

Related Artefacts

• Bennachie Story Wall Hanging
• Bennachie typewriter sculpture
• Dr Danny Gordon's cairn and a memorial bench
• Old Road, Bennachie Centre
• THE CALLING OF THE CUCKOO IS THE OTHER SIDE OF SPRING
• The Felling of the Timber, is the making of the home
• The folding of the land
• the Gouk Stone, Bennachie

Categories

• Outsider Art and Folk Art
• Recent Public Art

Iconography

• eagle
• fish

Creator

• collaboration, Sculptor

External Links

• NMS Scottish Totem Poles
• The Bennachie Centre Car Park
• Brotus Rural Crafts

Photographer

• Michael Watt

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