SHORELINE, Wash. — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a stolen sculpture from the city of Shoreline.
On Tuesday, it was reported to police that the Emissary Raven sculpture was stolen from its pedestal at the Interurban trailhead near North 145th Street and Linden Avenue North in Shoreline, according to the city.
The sculpture was created by artist Tony Angell and donated to the city in 2005 by the Shoreline Rotary. The large, cawing raven was placed at the location to serve as an artwork to welcome travelers along the Interurban Trail.
"The metaphoric ravens of stories and art in our Northwest Native cultures likewise are part of the fundamental creation myths that give such character to where we live," Angell previously said about the piece. "I think this a fitting artistic symbol for our community that still enjoys the diversity of nature and the occasional presence of this symbolic bird."
Anyone with information about the theft or the location of the missing sculpture is asked to contact Shoreline Police Sergeant Scott Fitchett at 206-801-2756 or email scott.fitchett@kingcounty.gov and reference case number C24023871.
The city said tipsters can remain anonymous and will accept the returned sculpture with no questions asked. Those who wish to return the sculpture can contact Public Art Coordinator Mylinda Sneed at 206-801-2661 or msneed@shorelinewa.gov.
Just days ago, the statue of Sadako Sasaki was stolen from Peace Park in Seattle. Police are still searching for the person who cut the statue at her ankles and took off with the artwork.
"Maybe some people thought nobody cared about this statue, but they are so wrong," said Colleen Kimseylove, office coordinator with University Friends Meeting.
The five-foot, life-size bronze statue of Sadako is a symbol of peace. She's a Japanese girl who was 2 years old when she survived the atom bomb in Hiroshima, but because of the radiation from the bomb, she developed leukemia and died 10 years later.
Police have not said if the two sculpture thefts are related.