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© Adelaide de Menil		Object name     Photograph Culture of Origin     Tlingit Subject     Totem Pole Photographer     Adelaide de Menil Exhibit Label     The Raven/Shark Pole, also called the Shark People Pole, most likely came from the Tlingit village of Klawock. The pole was donated by the Klawock Chief Tom Teh-Gat (Taki-et, Chief Tom). The pole was acquired by Governor Brady in 1903 and taken to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. It then traveled to the Lewis & Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon in 1905, and was sent to Sitka National Monument in 1906. In 1964 it was erected at the New York World's Fair. The original pole, minus the bear at the bottom, is now in the main lobby of Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Park management had the pole cut in two for the journey to Anchorage in 1987. Governor Brady's description: "It was made for his wife and represents the Kok-wan-ton totems-the eagle dogfish wolf and brown bear." Source: Patrick, Andrew 2002 The Most Striking of Objects: The Totem Poles of Sitka National Historical Park. Anchorage, Alaska: National Park Service and Sitka National Historical Park. Pages 176-177. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41G/25 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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