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Bookmark or Share- The Art of the Totem Pole - Smithsonian MagazineThe Art of the Totem Pole. A father-and-son duo of master Tsimshian carvers create a totem pole for the American Indian Museum
- Totem Pole | The Canadian EncyclopediaA totem pole or monumental pole is a tall structure created by Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples that showcases a nation’s, family’s or individual’s history and displays their rights to certain territories, songs, dances and other aspects of their culture. Totem poles can also be used as memorials and to tell stories.
- Totem pole | Purpose, Animal Meanings, & Facts | BritannicaTotem pole, carved and painted log, mounted vertically, constructed by the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada. There are seven principal kinds of totem poles: memorial poles, grave markers, house posts, portal poles, welcoming poles, mortuary poles, and ridicule poles.
- What Is a Totem Pole? | WonderopolisTotem poles are sculptures carved from large trees, such as the Western Red Cedar. In North America, totem poles are part of the cultures of many indigenous peoples of Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Totem poles serve many purposes beyond their beauty, and their meanings are as varied as the cultures that make them.
- Totem pole - WikipediaTotem poles (Haida: gyáaʼaang) are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures.
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