Totem in Leiden
The artist who made the pole is Kwakiutl sculptor Rande Cook. Totem poles play an important role in the culture of indigenous North American groups. The Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) people are one such group of native inhabitants.
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Totem in Leiden
story by Lina Torres.In the garden of the Museum of Ethnology stands a special, eight-meter-high totem pole, but what does this totem pole tell us?