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D155103-8C
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- 1968-10-30 (Creation)
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Harvey Kyllonen, 1529 South Anderson St., is pictured on October 30, 1968, holding a miniature wooden canoe decorated in Native American symbols. On the covered table before him are other examples of Native American carvings, including two totem poles. Finnish-American Harvey Kyllonen was about 72 when this photograph was taken. He was considered one of the finest non-Native American practioners of the Native American style of woodcarving. The Tacoma Public Library has a small collection of his carvings in the Northwest Room. A later front page story on October 14, 1970, indicated that Mr. Kyllonen was attempting to enter the drum export business and was hollowing cottonwood logs to make log-drums. In order to have the product authentically Native American, he needed the assistance of Native Americans in hollowing out the cottonwoods found in the Nisqually area . Color photograph ordered by Harvey Kyllonen. (TNT 10-14-70, A-1)
Kyllonen, Harvey; Wood carvings;