Totem Pole Carried Away by Famed Actor Returned to Alaska After 84 Yrs

A 30-foot tall totem pole is returning home to its native Alaska after an 84-year odyssey that landed it in the backyards of some of the most famous Hollywood mansions.

Famed actor John Barrymore, grandfather of actress Drew Barrymore, encountered it in an unoccupied village, according to NPR, and carted it off aboard his 120-foot yacht. He claimed that he purchased it during the cruise to Alaska in 1931, but that doesn’t fit with the traditions of the Tlingit (pronounced klink-kit) people to whom it belonged.

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