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Carved Nisse Playing a Hardanger Fiddle at Nordic Fest

Date: 07 25 2015
Description: Carved wooden figure of a Nisse playing a fiddle. The figure has a long white beard and is wearing a red cap. Norwegian words carved into the base of the f...
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Boynton Chapel

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Description: A wooden chapel with a stone walkway sitting among trees and bushes. Crosses are above the door and above a small window. A bell is hanging in the bell tow...
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Chainsaw Carving

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Description: A man is posing with a number of his wood carvings. He is wearing a shirt and face-shield advertising Echo chainsaws. A chainsaw is sitting on top of a log...
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Carving a Wood Owl with a Chainsaw

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is bracing himself on a log while using a chainsaw to carve an owl out of a log.
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Willie Klopfenstein: Skier At Work

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: A man is leaning over a large sculpture of a woman and carving it. He is wearing a beret, a scarf, and a workshirt. Several other sculptures — all apparent...
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ABC-TV Dinner at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 10 09 1954
Description: Four men standing at a banquet table with a Bucky Badger ice sculpture as the centerpiece. One is holding one of the chrysanthemums that decorated the tabl...
Postcard

Totem Pole Co. 638, C.C.C. Marengo, Wis.

Date: 1935
Description: View of a totem pole at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. An automobile parked next to barracks in the background.
Photograph

Critic's Choice

Date: 1970
Description: A crowd browsing the art at a fair in a small town. The booth is displaying mostly owls and may belong to artist Clarence P. Cameron.
Historical Object

Wooden Ojibwe Pipe Stem

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Description: A pipe stem presented to Wisconsin territorial governor James D. Doty at Fort Winnebago. Wooden stem is three inches at widest part. It is flat, half carve...
Historical Object

Ojibwe Pipe Bowl

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Description: Tay-che-gwi-au-nee, a member of an Ojibwe band from the south shore of Lake Superior, presented this pipe to Wisconsin's territorial governor James Duane D...
Historical Object

Wooden Ho-Chunk Spoon

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Description: A wooden Ho-Chunk spoon with a figure of an otter carved on the handle.
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Bird Door Handle

Date: 09 20 2015
Description: Wooden singing bird carving, mounted on the screen door of Forest Lodge Guest House.

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