Totem Pole, Virginia Water, erected 1958 to mark the centenary of the establishment of British Columbia as a Crown Colony. UK

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Sunday December 11, Virginia Water, UK. The 100 foot high Totem Pole at Virginia Water – erected in 1958 to mark the centenary of the establishment of British Columbia as a Crown Colony – is showing its age and perhaps needs an overhaul: features of many faces are rotting away. Carved from a single Red Cedar tree by Kwakiutls Indians, a delegation of the original carvers returned in 1985 – when the pole was 27 years old – to refresh the paintwork. That was 31 years ago. (84)

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Size: 3648px × 5472px
Location: Virginia Water, Surrey, UK.
Photo credit: © David Gee 3 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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