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Totem

The Haida Totem Pole marks the edge of the clan’s property, indicating the division of land among clans of the village and serve as indicators to passersby the identity of the family living in the clan house.

This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
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Scott Holcomb said:

This nineteenth-century Haida Totem Pole from Tanu, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada is the symbolic marker of a clan's property.
Perhaps that means that the Sedgwick Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is now property of the clan!
2 months ago

William Sutherland said:

Outstanding shot!
2 months ago