England, Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, totem detail.

England, Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, totem detail.

England, Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, interior gallery and totem.

China, Yunnan Province, Lijiang, Naxi tribe stone carving at cable car station, at base of Yulong Xue Shan Mountain.

Circuit Trek. Decorative painted animal totem representing The God of the Tulachan clan of the Thakalis during the Lha Phewa FestivalAsia Asian Nepalese Religion Religious

Circuit Trek. Painted animal totem representing the God of the Sherchan clan of the Thakalis during the Lha Phewa FestivalAsia Asian Nepalese Religious Religion

Circuit Trek. Red painted animal totem representing the God of the Gauchan clan of the Thakalis during the Lha Phewa Festival in Larjung villageAsia Asian Nepalese Religious Religion

Detail of traditional mud architecture painted with red and black abstract geometric design and crocodile the totem symbol of saving the life of a clan member.West Africa Sirigu

Native Indian Kwakiutl tribe totem poles with tribesmen and a dancer dressed as an animal deity

Kwakiutl tribe totem pole.

Angled view looking up at a carved wooden Totem pole

Carved wooden Totem pole