Model Totem Pole

Item number A6604 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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A model totem pole depicting a man holding whale, and an eagle (from bottom to top). The man's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above, a red mouth, a black moustache, and a red line on each cheek that has "spikes" along the upper side. He is painted wearing a dark red upper garment and a black lower garment. The whale that he is holding has its black eyes surrounded by a dark green area with black brows above and a red mouth. The whale's body is painted with a dark green, red, and black decoration. The bird's black eyes are surrounded by a mint green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The upswept wings each have five feather sections painted dark green and red outlined with black. The chest has a face with its black eyes surrounded by a mint green area and a red mouth.