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Definition of Totem pole
1. Noun. A tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast.
Definition of Totem pole
1. Noun. (sculpture) Native American sculpture made by carving trees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Totem Pole
Literary usage of Totem pole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Totem Tales: Indian Stories Indian Told, Gathered in the Pacific Northwest by Walter Shelley Phillips (1896)
"This tale I told you, too, a long time ago, and now you see it carved in the
totem pole of a man of the boar totem, because all men of this totem know the ..."
2. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1904)
"ALEXANDER F. CHAMBERLAIN. The Haida Calendar. By John R. Swanton. (American
Anthropologist, ns, vol. v, pp. 331-335.) A Totem-Pole in the British Museum. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"totem pole, a pole used among North American Indians to exhibit the totem figures.
The totem pole is composed principally of three half human, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"totem pole, a pole used among North American Indians to exhibit the totem figures.
The totem pole is composed principally of three half human, ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"What harm is there in our love other than that the Raven's totem pole stands guard
... I would tear down my totem pole — the one that has stood before my ..."
6. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska by Charles Warren Stoddard (1899)
"CHAPTER X. In Search of the Totem-Pole. Tj OUR after hour and day after day "^
we are coasting along shores that become monotonous in their beauty. ..."
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