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"Totem Pole" Definition

noun

A post carved and painted with a series of family or clan crests or with figures representing mythic beings and erected usually before a dwelling, as among certain native american peoples of the northwest coast of north america.
Slang a hierarchy: low on the totem pole. .
Native american sculpture made by carving trees.
Source: Wiktionary
A post erected in front of an indian house, carved so as to represent totem-animals, ancestral figures, or a. series of figures that illustrate a clan legend. totem-poles are used by the indians of the coasts of alaska and british columbia. see totem.
A tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by indian tribes of the northwest pacific coast.
Source: Wordnet

A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain indian tribes of the northwest coast of north america, esp. indians of the koluschan stock.

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