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Totem pole in Vancouver, British Columbia Totem poles at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. The meanings of the designs on totem poles are as varied as the cultures that make them. Some poles celebrate cultural beliefs that may recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable events, while others are mostly ...
Lands-in-the-sky totem pole, Suquamish. Carved by Joe Hillaire for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Joseph Raymond Hillaire or Kwul-kwul’tw (1894–1967) was an American Indian sculptor of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) tribe, known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples.
A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system.
Totem poles, a type of Northwest Coast art. Northwest Coast art is the term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations and Native American tribes of the Northwest Coast of North America, from pre-European-contact times up to the present.
The American Museum of Natural History has taken it upon itself to change that perception of the native groups of the Pacific Northwest, implementing new technologies in its oldest hall to educate ...
Three of Boxley's poles stand at the Canada Pavilion in Epcot Center in Walt Disney World, Florida. He was asked to create a new totem pole for the center in 1998, alongside the two fiberglass ones that already stood in the center. This was done in an effort to give the Center greater authenticity, as the theme park was taking multiple ...
The oldest decorated wooden object ever found in Britain has been discovered near Stonehenge
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... Download as PDF; Printable version ... Help. Pages in category "Totem poles in the United States" The following 18 pages are ...