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Heiltsuk memorial pole on Grief Island near Bella Bella, found by Tony Pomeroy (1970).
Heiltsuk house post at an abandoned village on Troup Passage (locally called Deer Pass), northwest of Wasglisla. House posts supported the main beams of a house.
Tsimshian pole at Kitwancool.
Tsimshian pole at B.C. Packers plant in Prince Rupert !1980).
Detail of Tsimshian pole at B.C. Packers plant in Prince Rupert (1980).
Detail of memorial pole on Grief Island.
Southern Kwakiutl graveyard pole (Alert Bay, 1972).
Tallest totem pole in the world (Southern Kwakiutl, Alert Bay, 1974).
Detail of Bill Reid pole (Haida, Queen Charlotte Island Museum, Skidegate, 1992).
Detail of Haida pole at Ninstints (1975).
Tlingit reproduction house post (Wrangell, 1994).
Tlingit reproduction house post (Wrangell, 1994).
Reproduction Lincoln pole, Tlingit. The original was carved in the 1870s or 1880s, commemorating the reduction of hostilities between two Tlingit clans.
Tlingit Raven and Frog pole (Saxman), representing two myths. That of the deluge, and Raven's jouney beneath the sea.
Detail from Lakich'inei Pole, Sitka National Historical Park (origin unknown), showing Lakich'inei pressing one of his children (half human and half dog) against his coat of fish spines, thus killing the child.
Detail of Lincoln Pole.
Sun and Raven mortuary pole, Saxman, Tlingit. At the top is Raven with the sun around his head. On his breast are the three children of the sun. The other figures refer to episodes in the Raven myth.
Heiltsuk memorial pole at Storey Point, opposite Bella Bella (1972).
Carving the tallest totem pole in the world (made from 3 logs spliced together).
Detail from the tallest totem pole.
Detail from the tallest totem pole.
Detail of Giant Rock Oyster memorial pole.
Haida poles at Ninstints (1975).
