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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 Mosquito Legend Pole, also known as Goo-teekhl 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 Hattie Wallace, the wife of Joseph Wallace. 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. George Benson stated that repairs were made to the pole in 1939, but Wilson Duff believes the pole was recarved. Marilyn Knapp states that the pole was recarved by Frank Kitka in 1938-41. The pole was loaned to either the Naval Air Station or the Mt. Edgecumbe School in the 1940's. It was recovered in 1961, and loaned to the Sheldon Jackson Museum until 1983, when it was returned to Sitka. 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 172-173. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41E/23 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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