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Definition of totem poles in English English dictionary: plural form of totem pole
totem pole: Native American sculpture made by carving trees
totem pole: A totem pole is a long wooden pole with symbols and pictures carved and painted on it. Totem poles are made by some Native American peoples and placed outside their homes. Carved and painted vertical log, constructed by many Northwest Coast Indian peoples. The poles display mythological images, usually animal spirits, whose significance is their association with the lineage. Each figure represents a type of family crest. Some poles relate a family legend in the form of pictographs. Poles are erected to identify the owner of a house or other property, welcome visitors, indicate a portal or passageway, mark a gravesite, and even to ridicule an important person who failed in some way. See also symbol; totemism
totem pole: a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast
totem pole: Indians of the Koluschan stock
totem pole: A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp
totem pole: pole that is carved with the mascot figures of an Indian tribe

totem poles

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to·tem poles

tōtım pōlz

/ˈtōtəm ˈpōlz/ /ˈtoʊtəm ˈpoʊlz/

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