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Page 1: Native American Totem Pole Sally Pang CMNS 488. Totem Poles Northwest Coast Carved from Cedar tree Do not contain religious meanings Tell a story, preserve

Native American Totem PoleNative American Totem Pole

Sally Pang

CMNS 488

Page 2: Native American Totem Pole Sally Pang CMNS 488. Totem Poles Northwest Coast Carved from Cedar tree Do not contain religious meanings Tell a story, preserve

Totem Poles

• Northwest Coast

• Carved from Cedar tree

• Do not contain religious meanings

• Tell a story, preserve cultural & heritage

• It may be a myth, legend, life of a person

Page 3: Native American Totem Pole Sally Pang CMNS 488. Totem Poles Northwest Coast Carved from Cedar tree Do not contain religious meanings Tell a story, preserve

Types of Totem Poles

• 6 Types:

• Indoor house posts

• House frontal poles

• Heraldic poles

• Burial poles

• Ridicule poles (shame poles)

• Potlatch poles

Page 4: Native American Totem Pole Sally Pang CMNS 488. Totem Poles Northwest Coast Carved from Cedar tree Do not contain religious meanings Tell a story, preserve

Symbols

• Eagle

• Thunderbird

• Frog

• Raven

• Bear

Page 5: Native American Totem Pole Sally Pang CMNS 488. Totem Poles Northwest Coast Carved from Cedar tree Do not contain religious meanings Tell a story, preserve

Readings

• Folk artists

• Carving a totem pole is more than just creating an art

• It is to tell a story

Page 6: Native American Totem Pole Sally Pang CMNS 488. Totem Poles Northwest Coast Carved from Cedar tree Do not contain religious meanings Tell a story, preserve

The End

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