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Definition of: totem pole
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A post or pole, usually of cedar and sometimes as much as 50 feet high, carved or painted with totemic symbols, erected outside an Indian house or as a memorial to a deceased, especially among the Indians of the NW American coast. Also totem post.
Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C.
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