A totem pole?
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More detailed and extensive information can be found here. The ‘shame’ or ‘ridicule’ poles are interesting!
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Vancouver, B.C.
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
A totem pole?
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A totem pole?
More detailed and extensive information can be found here. The ‘shame’ or ‘ridicule’ poles are interesting!
Vancouver, B.C.
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons
It certainly looks like a little totem pole to me!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know more about it.
DeleteHow interesting! Looks like a totem pole but I wonder why there is. a Star of David on top?
ReplyDeleteIt was meant to be seen but was not put in a very obvious place.
DeleteThe Star of David originated long before it was adopted by the Jewish faith; it appeared thousands of years ago in the cultures of the East, cultures that use it to this day. The Star of David was a popular symbol in pagan traditions, as well as a decorative device used in C1st churches and even in Muslim culture. It only became a distinctly Jewish symbol in the mid-C14th. (The Librarians).
ReplyDeleteThus the carved Star of David on the pole could represent a wide range of old traditions.
That's interesting, Hels.
DeleteIt's very nicely done, perhaps as a remembrance of someone or some place? I love the other ones in the picture with several.
ReplyDeleteSuch intricate carving and repeated motifs.
DeleteVery intricate!
ReplyDeleteGreat artistry.
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ReplyDeleteIt looks nice but is it some form of curse too?
That hadn't occurred to me - ooer!
DeleteSeeing one totem pole is good but in BC, there are just so many of them.
ReplyDeleteMy niece lives in BC and has never mentioned them - too familiar to be commented on, maybe?
DeleteHow strange to find it where you did, especially when someone's obviously gone to the trouble of carving it.
ReplyDeleteI have asked on the local Facebook page for information, but so far no-one has replied.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting, I wonder who carved it and why put it there?
ReplyDeleteI haven't had a sensible answer yet on the Facebook page.
DeleteThat was fun find on a walk. I guess you just never know what you may be walking past if you don't look around.
ReplyDeleteIt pays to keep your eyes peeled :-)
DeleteWhat a delightful find.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know more about it but so far have been unlucky.
DeleteFascinating find. As for authentic totem poles, I took a cruise to Alaska that started and ended in Vancouver, BC back in late summer 1988. I saw a number of totem poles, which were authentic to the areas' Indigenous peoples. They have always fascinated me. Obviously this isn't in the style of the Pacific U.S. Coast indigenous tribes but I do wonder what the meaning is and why it was placed how it was placed.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had any sensible responses from the local Facebook page so I don't suppose I will ever learn anything about it, sadly.
DeleteFinding these unexpected things are always a treat. I love carvings in wood of any kind and remember seeing similar totem poles on our holidays. I remember the ones in Vancouver when we were there several years ago. Thanks for sharing them!
ReplyDeleteThere's so much to be seen if we only keep our eyes open:-)
DeleteIt certainly looks like a small totem pole to me, very nicely carved.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan