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The Totem Pole

July 25, 2020 by engageRE

Traditionally, a totem pole tells a story and it starts with a conversation between the artist and the client who commissions the work. As the totem develops, interplay between the two in forms of jokes and pranks are included as the carving transpires. This totem pole includes many of the animal totems of the NorthWest tribes to weave a story of the family who commissioned it, as well as some totems borrowed from other cultures to symbolize values important to them.

This totem pole was carved from a 33’ Yellow Pine sourced on the Northern Montana highline. It took 525 hours of carving time to complete. It was raised on a brilliant October day over the span of 8 hours and was much celebrated in a Potlatch that followed.

View work in progress, as shown in photos below.

Totem pole
Top of totem pole, which resembles an eagle
Middle segments of totem pole, including a bird-like segment and a segment depicting people
Middle segments of totem pole, including a bird-like segment and a segment depicting people
Totem pole segments under the top, including a human face, an aquatic creature, and something resembling a globe
Totem pole segments depicting several creatures, including a beaver
Totem pole bottom segment, depicting a wolf
Totem pole being worked on
Totem pole in progress with all the segments covered in material
Totem pole being assembled
Totem pole being dragged into place by a machine
Totem pole being moved by a machine
Totem pole in workshop after being assembled, all the segments covered in material
Todd Fredericksen working on the totem pole
Todd Fredericksen carving the totem pole
Newly carved totem pole

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