Project Data

Totem Poles (Phase I) Waasgo Legend Pole Mosquito Legend Pole Lakich'inei Pole Trader Legend Pole Totem Poles (Phase II in progress) Yaadaas Crest Pole Frog Raven Pole Raven/Shark Pole Owner National Park Service Sitka National Historical Park Sitka, Alaska

Project Dates Summers of 1992 and 1993 Preservation Team Harpers Ferry Center National Park Service Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Williamspsort Training Center National Park Service Williamsport, Maryland Alaska Regional Office National Park Service Anchorage, Alaska Sitka National Historical Park National Park Service Sitka, Alaska

Supplies Borate Preservative: Bora-Care, Nisus Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee Water Repellent: X-100 Natural Seal Clear, American Building Restoration Chemicals, Inc., Franklin, Wisconsin Base Bandage:, CuRap-20, CuRap with bandage maker, ISK Biotech Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee

 

This PRESERVATION TECH NOTE was prepared by the National Park Service. Charles E. Fisher, Preservation Assistance Division, National Park Service, serves as the Technical Editor of the series. Special thanks go to Alan Levitan, Harpers Ferry Center; the National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office; and the staff at Sitka National Historical Park. Thanks also go to Lonnie Williams, USDA-Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station; Bill Sites of the USDA-Forest Service, Forest Pest Management; and Terry Amburgey, Mississippi State University, Forest Products Utilization Laboratory, for sharing their knowledge on wood treatments and preservatives. Additional thanks go to Ward Jandl, Kay Weeks, Carol Gould and Dalhia Hernandez of the Preservation Assistance Division, National Park Service. Unless otherwise noted, all illustrations are courtesy of the Division of Conservation, Harpers Ferry Center, National Park Service. Kay D. Weeks serves as coordinator and designer for the PTN Online series.

PTN-39
October 1993

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PRESERVATION TECH NOTES are designed to provide practical information on traditional and innovative techniques for successfully maintaining and preserving cultural resources. All techniques and practices described herein conform to established National Park Service policies, procedures and standards. This Tech Note was prepared pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, which direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop and make available to government agencies and individuals information concerning professional methods and techniques for the preservation of historic properties.

Questions regarding the technical treatments described in PTN-39 should be sent to Al Levitan at the Harpers Ferry Center, Division of Conservation.

 

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