Large cedar eagle and bear totem pole by Dudley C. Carter (1891-1992). Dudley C. Carter was a renowned non-Indigenous sculptor who created monumental work in wood all around the Puget Sound region and across Washington State. According to his Washington State Arts (ArtsWa) profile, “Dudley Carter (1891-1992) was a non-Native woodcarver based in the Pacific Northwest. Born in British Columbia, Canada, Carter's early childhood was spent living among the Kwakiutl and Tlingit First Nations peoples, which greatly influenced his art. He moved to Washington State in 1928 and worked as a forest engineer. Carter taught sculpture at the University of Washington in Seattle from 1944 to 1945. He kept a studio called ‘Haida House Studio’ which was inspired by a traditional Haida dwelling. At the age of 96, Carter became the first artist-in-residence for the King County Parks and Recreation Department.” [1] Carter’s Haida House Studio, built in 1990, was relocated in the early 1990s to a site in the City of Redmond, Washington, that has since been renamed Dudley Carter Park in his honor. [2] As noted by the Redmond City webpage, “The Haida House Studio is a post-and-beam building constructed by Carter about 1980 at his home in Bellevue using traditional Haida techniques, without the use of nails or bolts and was intended to reflect the construction of a traditional Native American longhouse… It was the fourth Haida house Carter had built since 1935.” [3] Another of Carter’s well-known, Native-style monumental artworks was the Northgate Mall totem pole, first erected at the north entrance of the mall in 1952, where it remained until it was taken down, in 2007, when the mall underwent expansion and remodeling at the site of the pole. [4] Rather than allow the pole to be destroyed, the pole and its canoe-like base were relocated to the Suquamish Reservation in 2008, where they remain standing today. [5] This pole is a rare opportunity to own a larger, monumental work by this important Northwest artist whose work can be found in the collections of the University of Washington, the Henry Art Gallery, Bellevue Square, the Redmond Library, and the Seattle Art Museum. The main body of the pole itself is carved from a single piece of wood with an added set of wings. The pole features an Eagle and a Wolf and reflects Carter’s sleek melding of Northwest Coast imagery and mid-20th century modernism. The crosshatching on the legs of the Eagle is a diagnostic feature of Carter’s Northwest Coast-style artwork. Additional biographical information available upon request. 1. Dudley C. Carter biography. ArtsWa Washington State Arts Commission website. https://www.arts.wa.gov/collection/artist-collection/?id=4018. Accessed 23 December 2025. 2. Dudley Carter Park. Redmond Washington City Website. https://www.redmond.gov/facilities/facility/details/Dudley-Carter-Park-37. Accessed 23 December 2025. 3. Dudley Carter Haida House. Redmond City Website. https://www.redmond.gov/966/Dudley-Carter-Haida-House. Accessed 23 December 2025. 4. “’Northgate Totem’ Finds a New Home in Suquamish.” Indian Country Today. ICT Staff. Published 3 March 2008. https://ictnews.org/archive/northgate-totem-finds-a-new-home-in-suquamish/. Accessed 23 December 2025. 5. Ibid

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PERIOD: Mid 20th Century

ORIGIN: Oregon, United States

SIZE: 90" x 54"