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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 Lakich'inei Pole, also known as Lagwadji'na Pole, originated in the Kaigani Haida village of Sukkwan, Alaska. The pole was most likely carved before 1888 and was acquired by Governor Brady on November 15, 1903 from Johnny Kanow/Jones (also spelled Kelnow). 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. In 1967 George Benson stated that the CCC did not recarve the pole, but Wilson Duff believed it to be a copy. 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 170-171. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41E/21 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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