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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 10084799, member: 301&quot;]The first recorded mention of a pole, which was a house pole, was on Langara Island in the Haida village of Dadans, c.1790, by John Bartlett, who wrote:</p><p><br /></p><p>We went ashore where one of their winter houses stood. The entrance was cut out of a large tree and carved all the way up and down. The door was made like a man&#039;s head and the passage the house was between his teeth and was built before they knew the use of iron.</p><p><br /></p><p>European explorers were said to have been astonished that “savages” were capable of architectural creations that rivalled those of celebrated artists in their home countries. The <a href="https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/sacred-cedar?hsLang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/sacred-cedar?hsLang=en" rel="nofollow">cedar</a> poles and posts on Haida Gwaii that so impressed these explorers were carved with tools made from stone, shells, or beaver teeth. It wasn’t until trading relationships were established along the Pacific coast that iron and steel tools were introduced. The new tools enabled carvers to create more intricate and complex features and the creation of totem poles and posts flourished amongst West Coast communities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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