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What are the kinds of totem poles?
Clan and Shame Totems.
Why do people make totems poles?
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In which province would you find totems poles?
British Columbia, Canada.
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 do totems on totem poles represent?
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. ------ 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.
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.
Do Totem poles differ from today?
some were bigger then. and now totems are much smaller but can still make big ones
For what purpose did North American Tlingit artists carve totem poles?
Totems are carved to tell a story about a clan or family.
Why do Aboriginal people have totems?
The reason they have totems is because it represents that animal that they lived as in their previous life. Also it shows aspects about that animal that represent them as a human. E.g the eagle is intelligent, wise and graceful ; that could then be expressed in them as a human.
How wide are totem poles?
It depends entirely on how big a tree they started with. In the BC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, there are totems over 4 feet wide.
Why is a Totem very important?
Totems represent different kinds of animals that were, and still are, very important to the Native Americans. Totems to the Native Americans were the equivelant of crosses to Christians and such. Each Totem represented a different animal with significant meaning. For example, the Bear Totem represents love. Native Americans carved and carried totems around to guide and protect themselves; they felt very close to the animal spirits, and the Totems supposedly carried these sprits. I am not sure, but I think when a boy became a Warrior, he was given a Totem that represented the true person inside, or something like that.Hope this helps! :-)
What does the skewer represent?
The skewer represents the poles.
