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From 2009 exhibit labels: Pole is identified as carved from Western red cedar (Thuja plicata). Haida totem pole, carved at Kasaan, Alaska. This pole was commissioned in 1876 [sic, should be 1875] for ...
Galanin, the lead carver on a 40-foot Yanyeidi Wolf totem pole that will go up in Savikko. ... Below the bear is the sun, representing the village in Douglas that was burned down.
GOLD BAR — When the city’s 22-foot totem pole is restored, it will be placed south of U.S. 2 in a city park, rather than at City Hall where is previously stood. City councilwoman Debbie Hunt ...
One item, a totem pole with the name of Hoots Kooteeya, taken from its place in front of Chief Thomas Johnson's Brown Bear Clan House at Gaash, was in 1904 given to the New York Zoological Society ...
The brown bear and raven pole were meant to honor Tlingit people, and be welcoming figures. He said the prevailing winds and the dust from the parking lot have weathered the totem poles.
The collection conists of a watercolor drawing by C.A.H. McCauley. The drawing is captioned: "Totem Pole of the Brown Bear & Crow (or Raven) Family of Klinquan, a village of the Haida Indians, 3 miles ...
A new 15-foot totem pole that marries traditional carving styles with contemporary techniques was erected Monday at The Field Museum, replacing a pole that was returned to an Alaskan tribe.