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© Adelaide de Menil		Object name     Photograph Culture of Origin     Tlingit Subject     Totem Pole, Forest Photographer     Adelaide de Menil Exhibit Label     The Wolf Pole, also called the Wedding Pole, most likely came from the Kaigani Haida village of Howkan, Alaska. Governor Brady acquired the pole in 1903. It 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 pole was patched in 1939 by Frank Kitka and eventually recarved by Reggie Peterson in 1981-82. 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 184-185. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41D/30A Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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