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Musqueam carvers fashioned this pole signifying a welcome to visitors, and the symbolic feeding of guests to their land...salmon is a key element of the native diet

one of three poles carved and erected in 2019, and fashioned from yellow cedar logs 300-500 years old

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Doug Cruden09-Nov-2020 18:53
You've captured the essence of this pole so well...love it!
Julie Oldfield07-Nov-2020 17:01
I like your POV to capture this totem. V
bill friedlander06-Nov-2020 15:54
An impressive carving very nicely shown. V
Blandine Mangin06-Nov-2020 15:33
une belle sculpture ! v
danad06-Nov-2020 14:02
They are really awesome carvings with unusual ornaments. V.
Charlene Ambrose06-Nov-2020 07:30
Nice point of view for this image. V
Gill Kopy06-Nov-2020 06:15
Beautifully done carving - and nicely captured V
Dennis Hoyne06-Nov-2020 03:17
Such a lovely carving, and so perfectly photographed with those leafy green trees in the background.
Nick Paoni06-Nov-2020 03:04
Love the blue eyes.
Hank Vander Velde06-Nov-2020 00:47
A beautifully carved pole well captured David.
Range View 05-Nov-2020 22:03
Fabulous image of this wonderful symbolic carving from these amazing old cedar logs.
David.
Mairéad05-Nov-2020 21:47
A really colourful and well executed carving . V
janescottcumming05-Nov-2020 21:28
Interesting that they would use blue for the eyes. It’s a beautiful piece of artwork.
vifut05-Nov-2020 20:50
Very nice and colourful - I remember those in Stanley Park (V)
Martin Lamoon05-Nov-2020 20:24
Brilliant sculpture.
v
Colin Storey05-Nov-2020 18:44
Great image of it with some lovely light.
joseantonio05-Nov-2020 18:38
love the top.Very nice perspective.V
John Hamers05-Nov-2020 18:38
The carving and colors are marvelous. Well captured from this low vantage point. !!V
Helen Betts05-Nov-2020 18:30
Such a striking carving, well captured from this low perspective.
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