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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventy Two: Bringing the museum to life > Totem pole fragments, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada, 2009
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30-SEP-2009

Totem pole fragments, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada, 2009

This remarkable museum focuses on the art of the indigenous cultures that once thrived along the Canada’s Pacific coast. These wooden carvings are parts of totem poles that once stood in a village abandoned during the late 19th century due to diseases brought to Canada by European traders. I cropped tightly on the painted head that seems to be in the process of speaking.

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Phil Douglis07-Aug-2010 16:28
You are right, Kathy -- the condition of the paint speaks of age and time, and complements the emotion of the carving itself.
Kathy Khuner07-Aug-2010 01:30
What a stunning photo! Though well worn, the paint still has life in it, adding to the potent aliveness of this beautiful fragment.
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