Native American Totem Poles

Imposing totem poles with intricate carvings, representing Native American culture and heritage, set against natural backdrops that emphasize their historical significance.

Dzunukwa by Steven Bruce and Shane Salmon, Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Detail of Native American totem pole, Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Dzunukwa by Steven Bruce and Shane Salmon, Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Thunderbird Returninbg the Salmon, Quw'utsun' Cultural & Conference Centre, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

Weathered grey totem, Quw'utsun' Cultural & Conference Centre, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

TARPESTI, MOLDOVIA/ROMANIA - SEPTEMBER 19 : Wooden Statue in the Neculai Popa Ethnographic Museum in Tarpesti in Moldovia Romania on September 19, 2018

Frontal poles Haida Gwaii Queen Charlotte Islands- Old Masset British Columbia Canada

TARPESTI, MOLDOVIA/ROMANIA - SEPTEMBER 19 : Wooden Statue in the Neculai Popa Ethnographic Museum in Tarpesti in Moldovia Romania on September 19, 2018

First Nations culture, Nuu-chah-nulth pole in abondoned village : Checleset Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Totem Poles in Vancouver Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Canada, British Columbia, Gitanyow. Detail of Gitxsan tribe totem pole.

Stone idol in Ambarita village on the Samosir island, Indonesia

Canada, British Columbia, Pender Island. Welcome Pole at the community hall.

Eagle With Wind Spirit Insert Above Bear Holding Halibut - Carver: Doug Lafortune 1986. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Canada, British Columbia, Pender Island. Welcome Pole at the community hall.

Traditional carvings, cultural museum, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia, South Pacific islands, Pacific

Mother, Quw'utsun' Cultural & Conference Centre, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

Gitxsan totem pole, Ksan Historic Village, British Columbia, Canada

Example of salvaged cedar totems on display in a Vancouver museum, Canada

Totem poles in the cemetery of the First Nations Kwakwaka'wakw people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Totem Pole At The Skamain Indian Reserve Cemetery, Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada

Kwakwaka'wakw totem poles in the cemetery in Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, British Columba, Canada, North America

Healing House Pole details, Sahgwii Xaana Kaahlii Ngaaysdll Naay GyaaGang, Haida Gwaii, Formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, C...

French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Rarotonga. Stone tiki face.

Gitxsan totem pole, Ksan Historic Village, British Columbia, Canada

Kwakwakawakw Honouring Pole detail showing portrait of Gideon Whonnock carved in 1955 by Sean Whonnock and Johanthan Henderson Thunderbird Park Victoria Canada

Totem pole, Kasaan, Alaska, USA

First Nations culture, Nuu-chah-nulth pole in abondoned village : Checleset Islands, British Columbia, Canada

First Nations culture, Nuu-chah-nulth pole in abondoned village : Checleset Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Alaska, Ketchikan, Totem Bight State Park

Vintage Photograph. Traditional tiki carving in a tropical setting.

Vintage Photograph. Ancient wooden totem surrounded by lush palm leaves.

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Eagle Holding Human Above Eagle Sitting On A Human, Carvers, Harvey Alphonse and Nelson Canute 1987.

Traditional Maori carving at a communal house, Waitangi, New Zealand, Oceania

Canada, British Columbia, Gitanyow. Detail of Gitxsan tribe totem pole.

Totem pole detail, Skidegate, Haida Heritage Centre at ay Llnagaay, Haida Gwaii, formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

China, Beijing. A totem pole at the cultural village in the Olympic Park area.

Guardian figure Tiki in front of palm leaf, Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, North America

Canada, British Columbia, Hazelton. Totem pole detail at Ksan Historical Village.

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Totem pole located at the Cowichan Tribes Administration building.

Canada, BC, off the north coast of Vancouver Island. Cormorant Island, Alert Bay. Namgis Original Burial Grounds. Traditional vintage totem pole.

Historic Totem Poles, SGang Gwaay Island, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Detail of Kanak totem pole, Noumea, New Caledonia

Detail of a Gitxsan totem Kitwanga British ColumbiaCanada

Totem in the Sitka National Historic Park. Site of a Tlingit Indian Fort and the battle fought between the Russians and the Tlingits in 1804. Sitka, Alaska.

Chile, Araucania, Temuco, Mapuche, prayer field Nguillatan, ritual figures

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Korean stone statue, National Folk Museum, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Face, carved mask, carving art of the Maori, Te Puia, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Oceania

Minh Thanh buddhist temple. Stone sculpture of two elephants. Pleiku. France.

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Tsonoqua, Mythological Wild Women Of The Woods (Thunderbird Above Tsonoqua), Carver, Ned Matilpi 1990.

USA, Hawaii, Totem carving at Puuhonua o Honaunau Historical Park

NEW ZEALAND, ROTORUA, MAORI MARAE, (MEETING AND COMMUNITY HOUSE), CARVED STEEPLE

Traditional Northwest indigenous totem pole on display on the grounds of the Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Elk203-4115v Canada, British Columbia, Hazelton, 'Ksan Historical Village, totem pole

Africa, Togo, Kpalime. Artisan handicraft center & training school. Phallic wood carving encouraging safe sex by using condoms.

New Zealand, North Island, Rotorua, Ohinemutu, Maori village, sculptures on Marae, meeting house

Leshan July 2011 - In July many visitor come to see this site of the world most impressive religious statue to enjoy the garden, the temple and the gardens of this UNESCO site. This is a close up of the head of the Leshan Buddha

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Victoria, First Nation Totem Pole, Thunderbird Park

Tirta Gangga sculpture. Bali. Indonesia Tirta Gangga sculpture. Bali. Indonesia Copyright: xZoonar.com/PavelxSytilinx 22032981

Totem pole located at the Cowichan Tribes Administration building. Duncan, British Columbia.

Totem Poles, Thunderbird Park, BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Old preserved Kasaan of the Haida Nation with a human native face exhibited in the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA

Central America, Honduras, Tegucigalpa (capital city), Mayan statue in La Concordia Park

New Zealand, North Island, Rotorua, Ohinemutu, Maori village, sculptures on Marae, meeting house

Figure of Yakshi Carved in a tree trunk in a garden, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Coast Salish totem pole Kyuquot Sound west coast of Vancouver Island British Columbia BC Canada North America, Salish Sea

Canada, British Columbia, Hazelton. Totem poles and building at Ksan Historical Village.

San Agustin Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Colombia, South America

Close up of totem pole at Ksan Historical Village and Museum, Hazelton, British Columbia

Tane Hiira Pou Karanga - Te Awhio Whio - The Welcoming Spirit Of Sound Above Tane Hiira, The King Of The Cedar Forest - Carver: Tupari Tewhata (Maori)

Totem pole located at the Cowichan Tribes Administration building. Duncan, British Columbia.

A figure on a native totem pole is hand carved out of red cedar.

tiki at Arahurahu marae, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Totem poles at the Gitanyow Museum, Kitwancool (or Gitanyow), British Columbia, Canada.

November 23 2016 Vientiane, Laos Religious statues at Wat Xieng Khuan Buddha park.

A vertical image of a native bird totem pole in Jasper Natural Park Alberta Canada

Abstract image of a weathered totem pole

Totem pole located at the Cowichan Tribes Administration building. Duncan, British Columbia.

Traditional wood carved mask in the Te Puia Maori Cultural Center, Roturura, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Close-up of a totem pole, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Maori carvings, Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Totem Poles representing stories from Canada's First Nation's on display at Brockton Point inside Stanely Park in Vancouver, Canada.

Stela , Mayan ruins of Copan, Honduras, Central America.

Nigeria, Oshogbo, Oshun Shrine Carvings Showing Hunters And Priests

Cambodia, Angkor Thom, Bayon, Jayavarman VII, Stone faces.

Republic of Colombia, San Augustin, Departamento Huila, archaeological site, prehistoric figures and statues carved from lava and basalt, Colombia, South America

Europe, France, Brittany, Carnoët, 'La Vallée des Saints' statue 'Tudwal'

african mask

Graveyard carving, Maori village, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A sculptur at Marae Mahaiatea on the south coast of the island, Tahiti, French Polynesia, south sea

Traditional carving of a Maori statue in the assembly hall Te Whare Runanga, Waitangi, Far North District, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand, Auckland Region, Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. Part of a Pou guardian post at park entrance represents Maori ancestors.

Maori Carving at Kapu-te-Rangi (Toi's Pa), Historic Pa Site (Maori Fortified Village), Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand

Chile, Araucania, Temuco, Mapuche, prayer field Nguillatan, ritual character

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Totem pole, Mount Roberts, Juneau, Alaska, USA

French Polynesia, Society Islands, Windward Islands Archipelago, Tahiti, statue at Arahurahu temple

Two carved statues on the beach of City of Refuge National Historical Park; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America

Haida totem poles, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

The wooden idol statue near Vilyuchik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula. wooden idol statue near Vilyuchik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula

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