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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4515288, member: 55"]Just mentioning - these are not totem poles.</p><p>South Sea carvings, or Tiki carvings perhaps. "Totem poles" in any case is kind of a misnomer; but the term is generally reserved for the poles made by Northwest Coast Native Americans in the NW coastal areas of Washington State, and by Canadian First Nations people in the coastal areas of British Columbia.</p><p>Still an interesting story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4515288, member: 55"]Just mentioning - these are not totem poles. South Sea carvings, or Tiki carvings perhaps. "Totem poles" in any case is kind of a misnomer; but the term is generally reserved for the poles made by Northwest Coast Native Americans in the NW coastal areas of Washington State, and by Canadian First Nations people in the coastal areas of British Columbia. Still an interesting story.[/QUOTE]
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