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© Adelaide de Menil		Object name     Photograph Culture of Origin     Tlingit Subject     House Post Photographer     Adelaide de Menil Exhibit Label     This house post is known as Multiplying Wolf. The use of copper indicates clan wealth and prestige, since it was obtained by trading with the Copper River tribes up north. The two young wolves facing each other at the bottom signify the time the clan outgrew its clan house and had to move to new houses. These posts were prepared for the last big potlatch given by the Tlingits in southeast Alaska in 1904, they were carved for the respected leader Anaxoots. The posts were in his clan house until it was torn down in 1959. Source: Alaska Natural History Association 2005 Carved History: The Totem Poles and House Posts of Sitka National Historical Park. Anchorage, Alaska: National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Interior. Page 11. Original Photo Source ID     de Menil 66-8-41D/4 Source     Ms. Adelaide De Menil Credit     Gift of Adelaide de Menil

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