totem pole

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totem pole (plural totem poles)

(sculpture) Native American sculpture made by carving trees.

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I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood. Denzel Washington

You can't really get into regular football after you watch Australian rules football because it's just two different ends of the totem pole. Andrew Bogut

As the totem pole is tied to the lineality of the missionaries' Bible, so the igloo was made possible by the primus stove. Marshall McLuhan

In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go. Andy Roddick

Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole. Frank Moore Colby

Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional. Louise Bourgeois

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