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  2. Bisj Pole - Wikipedia

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    Asmat Bis Poles from New Guinea, Indonesia. A Bisj, Mbis or Bis pole is a ritual artifact created and used by the Asmat people of South-western New Guinea, Indonesia. They are also common in New Zealand, Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). [1] When a village has experienced a number of deaths a Bisfeast is held.

  3. American Museum of Asmat Art - Wikipedia

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    The American Museum of Asmat Art is a gallery exhibiting the art and culture of the Asmat people of southwestern Papua, Indonesia, housed at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. [1] Featuring more than 2,200 objects, it is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. [ 2 ]

  4. Totem pole - Wikipedia

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    Totem poles and houses at ʼKsan, near Hazelton, British Columbia.. Totem poles serve as important illustrations of family lineage and the cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples in the islands and coastal areas of North America's Pacific Northwest, especially British Columbia, Canada, and coastal areas of Washington and southeastern Alaska in the United States.

  5. Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress - Wikipedia

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    The Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress (Indonesian: Museum Kebudayaan dan Kemajuan Asmat) is located in the city of Agats in South Papua, Indonesia.It was conceived by the Catholic Crosier missionary Frank Trenkenschuh in 1969 as a way to preserve traditional Asmat art as well as provide economic outlets to the Asmat people.

  6. Conservation and restoration of totem poles - Wikipedia

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    Totem pole carved by William Shelton in Olympia, Washington. The conservation and restoration of totem poles is a relatively new topic in the field of art conservation.Those who are custodians of totem poles include Native American communities, museums, cultural heritage centers, parks or national parks, camp grounds or those that belong to individuals.

  7. Tony Hunt Sr. - Wikipedia

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    Thunderbird House Totem Pole, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tony Hunt Sr. OBC RCA (24 August 1942 – 15 December 2017) was a Canadian First Nations artist noted for his KwaGulth style paintings and totem poles, which he carved from single cedar logs.

  8. Norman Tait - Wikipedia

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    Five of his poles are in Vancouver, including poles at the University of British Columbia, Stanley Park, Capilano Mall, and the Native Education Centre. [2] He carved The Story of Big Beaver totem pole, a 16.8-metre (55 ft) pole installed in 1982 at the entrance to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. [3]

  9. Joe Hillaire - Wikipedia

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    Lands-in-the-sky totem pole, Suquamish. Carved by Joe Hillaire for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Joseph Raymond Hillaire or Kwul-kwul’tw (1894–1967) was an American Indian sculptor of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) tribe, known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples.