Close-up of a Kwakiutl house pole. These poles were used to support the massive cedar house beams. Each house pole was carved and named after an ancestral figure.
Tlingit Sea Monster pole being erected in Klawock Totem Park. As in the past, totem poles are erected to commemorate high-ranking individuals. The totems display family crests and lineage. (Photo: Pamela Huteson)
Anthony Island poles, Queen Charlotte Islands.
Tsimshian totems located at Kispiox Village, B.C. The name Kispiox means 'the place of the ancestor Piyeoux'.
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