Totem Pole Steeped in Strife Gets a Home ; Carved by Man with Criminal Past, It Goes to Museum
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MUKILTEO - A handmade Salish totem pole, rejected by the Port of Olympia because of an uproar over the chief carver's criminal record, has been purchased for a museum in Seattle.
Charles Pancerzewski, a retired accountant and Pacific Northwest coast Indian art collector who lives in this suburb north of Seattle, paid $30,352 for the intricately carved, 36-foot welcome pole in a sealed-bid auction in May.See the full content of this document
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Totem Pole Steeped in Strife Gets a Home ; Carved by Man with Criminal Past, It Goes to Museum
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington received the donated pole June ...
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