Su Leslie (aka Zimmerbitch) invited me to join her and other bloggers posting a travel photo a day for ten days. The deal is I also invite someone else each day to join in, and ping-back to my post. But as several bloggers I know are already busy with the challenge I am going to resort to inviting “anyone who feels like joining in”
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Alert Bay V: The World’s Tallest Totem Pole
The World’s tallest totem pole is located at the northern end of Cormorant Island next to the Big House. This pole stands 173 feet tall and unlike most totem poles which are specific to one family the figures on this pole represent some of the tribes of the Kwakwaka’wakw. From the top down are the following figures:
- Sun Man: crest of the Quatsino tribes
- Kolus: crest of the Kwagu
- Whale: crest of the Gwa’sala-‘Nak’waxda’xw
- Old Man: crest of Turnour Island
- Wolf: crest of the Dzawada’enux
- Thunderbird: ‘Namgis tribe
- Dzunukwa: crest of the Mamalilikala
- Bear holding a salmon, a raven and a Dzunukwa holding a copper. Continue reading Alert Bay V: The World’s Tallest Totem Pole
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