Snow Totem Pole

Thank you for the feature First Star Art

Thank You Michael

Congrat LeeAnn, your photo Snow totem Pole has been selected as a feature in the group Photography of Statues, beautiful work! Cheers, Michael

John Glen High School Michigan Zehnders Snowfest 2012 Jan. 25th-Jan. 30, 2012 Frankenmuth, Michigan The meanings of the designs on totem poles are as varied as the cultures that make them. Totem poles may recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable events. Some poles celebrate cultural beliefs, but others are mostly artistic presentations. Certain types of totem poles are part of mortuary structures, and incorporate grave boxes with carved supporting poles, or recessed backs for grave boxes. Poles illustrate stories that commemorate historic persons, represent shamanic powers, or provide objects of public ridicule. "Some of the figures on the poles constitute symbolic reminders of quarrels, murders, debts, and other unpleasant occurrences about which the Native Americans prefer to remain silent... The most widely known tales, like those of the exploits of Raven and of Kats who married the bear woman, are familiar to almost every native of the area. Carvings which symbolize these tales are sufficiently conventionalized to be readily recognizable even by persons whose lineage did not recount them as their own legendary history."