Na'mima - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
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N 48° 27.344 W 123° 23.298
10U E 471290 N 5367027
"Na'mima" is located in front of the Victoria Native Friendship Centre at 231 Regina Avenue in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMNCZT
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 02/16/2015
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This totem pole - as well as another beside it (WMNCZR) - were carved from the same tree, an 800-year-old Western red-cedar from the Nimpkish Valley and donated by the Kwakwaka'wakw people. Named "Na'mima", it was carved by Kwagiulth artist Carey Newman and about 70 youths from the Eagle Project, a job skill training program.
The totem depicts a frog and a double-headed serpent on the bottom, wolves up the side, a mother and child, a whale, a bear, and a Thunderbird at the peak. Newman calls it "Na'mima", meaning "people of one kind".
The pole was raised in a ceremony on October 26, 2012 and is intended to represent the Kwakwaka'wakw people.
Type of wood carving: Totem pole
Artist's Name: Carey Newman
Approximate size/height: 8 metres
Type of wood: Western red-cedar
Other type: Not listed
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