Description of Work:
Soo Gee Ghet is carved from a red cedar log, eight feet long and thirty-six inches in diameter. The carving is a man and a boy, the artist and his father, as indicated by their crests,the orca whale and eagle feather.
Artist Statement:
During BC Cultural Week 1993, the totem pole Soo Gee Ghet,designed by Victor H. Reece (1946–2010), was carved as a project with the Richmond Carvers Society (RCS). It was completed under the artist’s direction and was donated to the Richmond Cultural Centre. The totem pole was raised on May 12, 1994 and in 2017 the Public Art Program accepted the art piece into the Public Art Registry.
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