Native carved totem story pole at Totem Bight Park, Ketchikan Alaska USA North America

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Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from great trees, typically Western Red cedar, by a number of Indigenous cultures along the Pacific northwest coast of North America. The word "totem" is derived from the Ojibwe word odoodem, "his totem, his kinship group"

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Size: 3600px × 5394px
Location: Alaska, USA
Photo credit: © Michael DeFreitas North America / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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