A Washington man who paid $30,000 for a totem pole carved by a man with a criminal past says he bought the item because it is a great work of art.
Charlie Pancerzewski bought the pole and donated it to the Burke Museum at the University of Washington in Seattle. The 38-foot pole was carved by Doug Tobin, a member of the Squaxin Island Tribe who was paid $60,000 for it.
The tribe performed a cleansing ceremony for the pole.
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Mukilteo couple buys, donates pole
(The Everett Herald 7/7)
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