totem pole
/ˈtoʊ·t̬əm ˌpoʊl/ n [C]Definition
› a wooden pole with symbols cut or painted on it which is connected esp. with American Indians of the Northwest
(Definition of totem pole n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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