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© Adelaide de Menil		Object name     Photograph Culture of Origin     Haida Subject     Totem Pole, Forest Photographer     Adelaide de Menil Exhibit Label     The Yaadaas Crest Pole, also known as Potlatch Pole, originated in the Kaigani Haida village of Old Kasaan, Alaska. The pole was most likely carved between 1885 and 1893. It was acquired by Governor Brady on November 17 or 18, 1903 from John Baronovich, the brother-in-law of Saanaheit. 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. CCC notes state that the pole was restored, not recarved in 1939. Recent research revealed that the middle section was still original, but CCC carvers had replaced the top watchmen and bottom figures. The pole was brought to the New York World's Fair in 1964, then taken down and stored inside in 1993. 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 188-189. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41D/5 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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