Totem Pole Representation

About this object

History of use

Paper (drawn) representations of Haida house and poles, used to plan Haida area of Totem Park.

Physical description

Model totem pole consisting of a curved paper piece (a) depicting a bear figure at the bottom surmounted by a humanoid (?) figure, each with a small crouching person with a tiered hat between their limbs. The other segment is a folded rectangular piece of paper depicting a bird figure (b) with the head front-facing at the centre and the wings to either side of the head.