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Dennis J. Duffy
@djduffy.bsky.social
Retired audio-visual archivist (ca. 2017). I write about BC & Canadian film history (& maybe Japanese cinema) and hope to find an outlet for my ramblings. Meanwhile my blog, Seriously Moving Images, is at movingimagesweb.wordpress.com
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I looked into it. Apparently they are actual Nuu-chah-nulth poles from the West Coast, purchased by the CPR and installed at Wapta. The weirdness I saw in them may be due to lurid and inauthentic paint jobs applied after the fact. See here: ethnographicantiquestore.com/product/tote...
A Superb Pair of Nootka Totem Poles over 100 years old - ethnographic antique store
Crests and Symbolism of the 2 Wapta Lake Totem Poles: These 2 fine Nuu chah-nulth, or Nootka poles are carved and painted in a pure hereditary tribal tradition of the West Coast of Vancouver lsland. T...
ha are these actually for sale?
DJ
Dennis J. Duffy
@djduffy.bsky.social
Retired audio-visual archivist (ca. 2017). I write about BC & Canadian film history (& maybe Japanese cinema) and hope to find an outlet for my ramblings. Meanwhile my blog, Seriously Moving Images, is at movingimagesweb.wordpress.com
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