Totem poles were again carved and erected in the communities along the coast. Large poles and monumental sculptures carved from red and yellow cedar were also used as house corner posts, entrance ...

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 ...

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 totem pole was commissioned by Amy Parent's great ... It will be housed permanently in the Nisga'a Nation, where a place for it had been carved in the ground to symbolise a return to its ...

and at the top of the totem pole was a thunderbird with wings spanning out eight feet. "That was 32-feet tall," Knowles recalled. "I carved it while straddling the pole. To have this thing stood ...

If you look closely, you might be able to guess why. What you won't currently see at the park are two 50-foot carved totem poles that had stood at the waterfront site, at 2001 Western Ave., ...

Last year it was agreed that the pole should be returned. 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 ...