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These poles are more correctly known as "story poles" and were personal to the carver and their family. The creatures represented related to the life of the carver and his beliefs.
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While totem poles do tell stories, they also represent a clan's crest, social rank, and affiliation. Totem poles were also carved to memorialize a deceased person. Animals carved on totem poles may represent the carver's crest, clan, or figures in a clan's story. It is not only animals or mythical creatures carved on totem poles, sometimes people and other objects are carved on them also. Depending on the story, it often does not personally belong to the carver, but rather to the clan he belongs to. If anything the totem poles were personal to the carver and his clan as opposed to just the carver and his family.
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What are the kinds of totem poles?
Clan and Shame Totems.
What roles do totem poles play in native culture?
The role that the totem poles play is that they summon the spirits of your totem and then your totems will always be with you and they will help you.
What are the 6 different types of totem poles?
Totems poles were built in three sections and the position of the figures were significant. The bottom of the totem pole displayed images and symbols of the most prominent and visible position. The top of the totem pole displayed mythical creatures and monsters.
Why did the Aztecs build totem poles?
The Aztecs built totem poles to represent peace and joy
For what purpose did North American Tlingit artists carve totem poles?
Totems are carved to tell a story about a clan or family.
Why were totems made?
Totem poles were made to represent families or tribes of the native americans. Each picture and colour on a pole represents something different so most poles were unique. Nowadays few people carve totem poles, and some do spoofs and sell them for more money saying they are real when they are not. It is a good tradition wasted :(
What is a wood carving made by American Indians in the northwest?
Totem poles
Do Totem poles differ from today?
some were bigger then. and now totems are much smaller but can still make big ones
Do the designs on totem poles represent culture?
Yes
What do human images on totem poles represent?
Gods
What does the coast salish totem pole represent?
Totem poles do not symbolize 'gods' and they were not worshiped. Totem poles often represent one's crest, animals, a particular clan story, or they were a memorial pole for a deceased person. Totem poles also show social rank and social affiliation.
What do totems poles represent?
I really don't know because I here the same reason you
