Totem poles outside of original context Totem pole

tlingit totem pole brought alaska pioneer square in seattle.

some poles pacific northwest have been moved other locations display out of original context.

in 1903 alaska’s district governor, john green brady, collected fifteen tlingit , haida totem poles public displays villages in southeastern alaska. @ louisiana purchase exposition (the world s fair held in saint louis, missouri, in 1904), fourteen of them installed outside alaska pavilion @ fair; other one, had broken in transit, repaired , installed @ fair s esquimau village. thirteen of these poles returned alaska, installed in sitka national historical park. other 2 poles sold; 1 pole alaska pavilion went milwaukee public museum , pole esquimau village sold , given industrialist david m. parry, installed on estate in became known golden hill neighborhood of indianapolis, indiana. although remains of original pole @ golden hill no longer exist, replica raised on april 13, 1996, on front lawn of eiteljorg museum of american indians , western art in indianapolis. approximately 2 years later, replica moved inside museum, , in 2005, installed in new atrium after completion of museum expansion project.

indian new deal

the indian new deal of 1930s promoted native arts , crafts, , in totem pole discovered art appreciated white society. in alaska indian division of civilian conservation corps restored old totem poles, copied beyond repair, , carved new ones. indian arts , crafts board, federal government agency, facilitated sale general public. project lucrative, anthropologists complaining stripped natives of traditional culture , stripped away meaning of totem poles.

another example occurred in 1938, when u.s. forest service began totem pole restoration program in alaska. poles removed original places funerary , crest poles copied or repaired , placed in parks based on english , french garden designs demystify meaning tourists.

in england @ side of virginia water lake, in south of windsor great park, there 100-foot (30 m) tall canadian totem pole given queen elizabeth ii commemorate centenary of british columbia. in seattle, washington, tlingit funerary totem pole raised in pioneer square in 1899, after being taken alaskan village. in addition, totem pole collections in vancouver s stanley park, victoria s thunderbird park, , museum of anthropology @ university of british columbia removed original locations around british columbia.