"Totem poles” refer to monumental carvings made from tree trunks by Indigenous peoples from the northern Northwest Coast, in what is now Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. These impressive ...

Above is a low relief carving diagram and to the right are examples of this style of carving. Above is an example of low relief carving on a greased dish. The same principles of Northwest Coast design ...

Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...