USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and would be erected to be visible within a community.

Detailed explanation-2: -The totem pole (also known as a monumental pole) is a tall structure carved out of cedar wood, created by Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples to serve variously as a signboard, genealogical record and memorial. Some well-known carvers include Mungo Martin, Charles Edenshaw, Henry Hunt, Richard Hunt and Stanley Hunt.

Detailed explanation-3: -Totem poles are a tradition of Indian tribes from the Northwest Coast Region such as Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. They are mostly carved from large red cedar trees. Because totem poles are made of cedar wood, and decay over time and the oldest totem poles have since rotted.

Detailed explanation-4: -1. They’re most common in south east Alaska. The relatively warmer temperatures and abundance of cedar trees in the Inside Passage in the south east of Alaska mean the tribes based in that region – the Tlingit, Haida, Eyak and Tsimshian – are credited for most of the state’s totem poles.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Shigir Idol, a 9 Foot Tall Totem Pole, is the Oldest Known Wooden Sculpture & the Earliest Known Work of Ritual Art. Views of the head of the Shigir Idol, preserved in the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum., Russia.