Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...

The wood for the totem poles was cut from the Nakagawa Experimental ... Kaze sculptures in 1986 at his Otoineppu atelier, where he carved other famous works, including “Kami no Shita” (Tongue ...

During the rough carving process the wood is kept damp so it doesn't dry out and crack ... The two most common colors on the Northwest Coast totem poles are red and black. These colors have different ...

The totem pole was carved from red cedar in 1855 and is made almost entirely from a single piece of wood, with a small cap on top which can be separated It originally stood in Ank'idaa village on ...