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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 Trader Legend Pole, also known as Fur Trader Pole or Mr. Mills Totem, came from the Kaigani Haida village of Sukkwan, Alaska and was most likely carved before 1888. The pole was acquired by Governor Brady on November 15, 1903 from Douglas Sukqua, the chief of Sukkwan. This pole 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 completely recarved by CCC workers in 1941-42. 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 180-181. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41E/16 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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