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  2. Totem pole - Wikipedia

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    Totem poles and houses at ʼKsan, near Hazelton, British Columbia.. Totem poles serve as important illustrations of family lineage and the cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples in the islands and coastal areas of North America's Pacific Northwest, especially British Columbia, Canada, and coastal areas of Washington and southeastern Alaska in the United States.

  3. Jangseung - Wikipedia

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    Jangseung (Totem Poles) - An Object of Worship Archived 2013-01-05 at archive.today "Totem poles: Endangered folk icons from the past" from Korea Now . This article about a building or structure type is a stub .

  4. Conservation and restoration of totem poles - Wikipedia

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    Totem pole carved by William Shelton in Olympia, Washington. The conservation and restoration of totem poles is a relatively new topic in the field of art conservation.Those who are custodians of totem poles include Native American communities, museums, cultural heritage centers, parks or national parks, camp grounds or those that belong to individuals.

  5. Nisga'a and Haida Crest Poles of the Royal Ontario Museum

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    The Shaking Pole was fifth in a series of poles that stood on the beach along the Nass river, just past Ank'idaa. The name Shaking Pole originated from the idea that grizzly bears would shake the pole as they climbed it. This pole was created by two carvers: Oyee and Yarogwanows. [11] The height of the pole is 45 feet (14 m) and was raised in ...

  6. Culture of the Tlingit - Wikipedia

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    The totem poles carved normally tell a story, and Tlingit artists carve subjects like animals into the totem poles. These pictures are aligned in a column down the pole, in order from top to bottom. The poles are put on outside corners of "traditional dwellings", used to structurally support their interiors, or placed on shores.

  7. Haida argillite carvings - Wikipedia

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    These very early argillite pieces depict traditional Haida images normally seen on totem poles, masks, rattles and spoon handles. Haida art has always held images of rank, lineage and status and it can be perceived as a type of "recording device" for a society which has a rich history but no written tradition. Commercial argillite carving seems ...

  8. Ni'isjoohl totem pole - Wikipedia

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    The Nisga'a Nation created totem poles to record traditional stories and histories known as adaawak, giving the poles cultural importance as family treasures and constitutional devices. [3] Indigenous scholar Amy Parent (also known as Sigidimnak' Nox̱s Ts'aawit) referred to the Ni'isjoohl pole itself as "a living constitutional and visual ...

  9. Kay Htoe Boe - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of the finials of kay htoe boe poles. According to Karenni legends, the Eugenia tree was the first to be grown after the creation of the world. [3] Due to its significance, a tall and straight Eugenia tree is specially cut to serve as a totem pole called kay htoe boe on an auspicious day.

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