BBC1 年
'Stolen' totem pole prepared for return to Canada
The totem pole is being carefully prepared for a 4,200-mile journey. On the ground floor of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, one of its biggest displays is being carefully prepared ...
China Internet Information Center14 年
The Chinese Dragon
The image of the Chinese dragon, an animal of legend, originated from totem poles. Legend has it that ... an eagle's claws, tiger's paws and an ox's ears. The dragon became a symbol of Huangdi's ...
朝日新聞社4 年
Let it rot: Ainu totem pole left to decay according to artist’s wishes
OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned late contemporary Ainu sculptor Bikky Sunazawa, was toppled by winds here in late April and left to ...
BBC1 年
From Scotland to Canada, a totem pole finally returns home
It is the first totem pole to be returned from a British museum to an indigenous community - a potentially precedent-setting moment in the broader move towards museum repatriation. Museum curator ...