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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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TOTEM POLES OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST IHtiK ( KDAK ( AK\lN(iS OITKN SO OI.I) THAT IIIK INDIA NS IIIKMSKIA KS I1A^■K FOHCiOlTKX IIIKIH MKAXlXCiS. KA( II lOIKM I'lll.K IKI.I.S SO.M K ANCESTKAL LKCJKM) OK IS TIIK "hADCK" OK A FAMILY OK (LAN Bi/ lldrhii! I. Smith IMi(>l()t;r;i;)lis h.\ I he Author I\ soiiu' villiifics of the North Pacific Coast oi' America a totem i)ole stands ill front of each liouse and the houses stand in a row facin<j the sea. From a (hslance the jk)U's h)ok hke stuhs of a dead forest friiijiiii;^' tlie edge of tlie sea and not till one ap- proaches nearer do the s(inatty houses appear nestled in the vegeta- tion just hack of them. When seen near at hand the )ioles are grotescjue, some of them still I'xhihitiny, e\-en after the many years of exposure to wind and weather, faint traces of the color with which tliey were ori<iinally painted. Totem poles are a consi)icuous feature of any \illaue on the North Pacific Coast of America, so conspic- uous indeed that the Indian tribes living here have sometimes been called "Totem Pole Indians." The poles mark the area of the North Pacific Coast culture, which extends from the vicinity of Puget Sound along the coast to the Eskimo coun- try in southern Alaska. The influ- ence of this culture, to he sure,extends southward along the coast hut at Puget Sound it begins to lose its strongest characteristics. Indica- tions of its influence are found also in the interior especially along the water- ways. Some of the best totem poles are not seen by the tourist who makes the delightful scenic trip to Alaska by way of the calm inland 77
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TAMANAWAS BOARD. BAY CENTER. WASHI NGTON This criKlo carving, now in the i)os.si'.ssion of the Musi'um. shows totem pole influonci'south ()(' the N'orth I'iififk- Coast rultufc area

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