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© Adelaide de Menil		Object name     Photograph Culture of Origin     Kaigani Haida Subject     Totem Pole, Forest Photographer     Adelaide de Menil Exhibit Label     The Yaadaas Corner Poles, also known as First and Second Twin Poles, came from the Kaigani Haida village of Old Kasaan, Alaska and were most likely created around 1885. The poles were acquired by Governor Brady in November 1903 from John Baronovich, the brother-in-law of Sonihat. This pole, First Twin, was sent to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904 and then traveled to the Lewis & Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon in 1905. It arrived at Sitka National Monument in 1906. The First Twin Pole was restored in 1939 and eventually recarved by Tommy Jimmy in 1978. The Second Twin Pole was recarved by Nathan Jackson in 1982-83. 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 186-187. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41D/16 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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