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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 Raven Memorial Pole originated in the Tlingit village of Tuxekan, Alaska. The pole was acquired by Governor Brady on November 3 or 4, 1903 from George Staney or Thomas Snuck. 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 restored, not recarved, by CCC workers in 1939-42. The pole was destroyed by fire in 1959. The Raven was recarved by George Federoff shortly after, while the lower portion was adzed by Ralph Branson. 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 174-175. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41G/12 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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