토템폴

토템폴은 북아메리카 대륙의 태평양에 면한 북서 해안에 사는 原주민의 대부분이 그들의 집 앞이나 묘지 등에 세우는 기둥 모양의 나무 조각이다.

Totem pole

Totem poles are monumental carvings, a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually made from large trees, mostly western red cedar, by First Nations and indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast including northern Northwest Coast Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian communities in Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Kwakwaka'wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth communities in southern British Columbia, and the Coast Salish communities in Washington and British Columbia.