It is 1929 and in mysterious ways a totem pole from the Haisla Nation in British Colombia end up at a museum in Sweden. The legend has it that the Haisla Nation was riddled with an epidemic that killed nearly all its people in the year 1872. Chief G'psgolox sought help from two spirits, and as a thank-you, he had the nine-meter totem pole made. After learning about the Totem pole in Sweden, the Haisla nation asked to have it back in 1992 as it had been stolen from them. The Haisla Nation then offered to make two replicas, and this is one of them. Today you can see it outside the Etnografiska museum at Djurgården in Stockholm. More info at Wikipedia.
6 comments:
Great pole. I saw a lot once on holiday in Canada. They have an unmistakable charisma that is never matched by others.
A good solution to resolve the situation.
What a fascinating story and a very nice totem pole.
A good way to solve that problem!
Interesting story! I was wondering when I first saw the photo if somehow Sweden had a totem pole tradition.
A Viking style totem? We have toten poles here but with Maori carvings.
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