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Northwest Native Totem

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Northwest Native Totem
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Measures 40" H x 35" W. The totem is cedar, with black, red and blue paint still on, but faded. Carved on back side with "P" in three places. Native American Animal Totems are emblems of tribes or groups of people such as a family or clan. Animal totems or emblems, also reflect the lineage of a tribe, reminding them of their ancestry or their mythical past and creation myths. The word totem is derived from the Ojibwe (Chippewa) word 'odoodem' meaning "his kinship group". Many tribes also hold the belief that each of their people have animal totems that are spirit guides who sometimes appear in dreams or Vision Quests in the form of Power Animals and their dream meanings. These animal totems, or spirit guides walk through life with them, teaching and guiding them and in some instances, protecting them. An Animal Spirit is strongly associated with the Native American Indian belief in Animism that is a belief based on the spiritual idea that the universe, and all natural objects within the universe, have souls or spirits. An animal spirit is believed to be a supernatural power that embodies, attaches or conveys influence empowering a person with the trait of the animal. This totem appears to depict an owl--Deception, clairvoyance, insight, messenger, and a Monkey--Ability to change the environment, health, success.





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FHWAC#: 24902