Joe Hillaire

Joseph Raymond Hillaire or Kwul-kwul’tw (1894–1967) was an American Indian sculptor of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) tribe, known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples. In 1961 he carved the Kobe-Seattle Sister City Friendship Pole.[1] Hillaire was the father of Pauline Hillaire Scälla (b. 1929), a well-known art historian and conservator specializing in the art of Northwest Coast peoples.[2]

References
  1. "Joseph Hillaire: Carver of the Kobe-Seattle Sister City Friendship Pole – SAM Blog". samblog.seattleartmuseum.org.
  2. Pauline R. Hillaire. 2013. A Totem Pole History: The Work of Lummi Carver Joe Hillaire. U of Nebraska Press, 2013


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