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Boy Scout Totem Pole

This pole was created by Kwakiutl carvers Mungo Martin and Henry Hunt and has stood in front of Boy Scout headquarters on Baseline Road since the 1960s. Source.

Totem Pole, Mexico City

This pole stands in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. It was carved by Mungo Martin and Tony Hunt and given by the Diefenbaker government to Mexico on the 150th anniversary of Mexican independence. Source.

Totem Pole, Montreal

This pole by Henry and Tony Hunt was commissioned for Expo 67 and still stands on Île Notre-Dame. Source.

The Raven Totem Pole by T. J. Richardson

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Tlingit House, the Bronx

A Tlingit house and totem pole, named Hoots Kooteya, were erected at the Bronx Zoo in 1904, where they remained until 1942. The pole was returned in 2001. Source. Also.

Totem Poles, London

These two poles in the Great Court of the British Museum come from Kayang and Masset in Haida Gwaii. They date from about 1850 and were acquired from Dr Charles Frederick Newcombe in 1903. Source.

Totem Poles, Kitseukla (1912)

Emily Carr, Totem Poles, Kitseukla (1912). Source.

Frog House, Klukwan, 1895

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Totem Pole, Edinburgh

The House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole that Marius Barbeau removed from its home ground in Nisga'a territory in 1929 and subsequently donated to the National Museum of Scotland is now being returned. Source.

1953 Frontal Pole Stamp

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