Cliff House Totem Pole - San Francisco, California
Posted by: DougK
N 37° 46.695 W 122° 30.821
10S E 542825 N 4181323
This big totem pole was carved from a single cedar log by a Canadian Indian named Chief Mathias Joe
Waymark Code: WMX0VP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2017
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Chief Mathias Joe was a renown carver and spirit dancer. In the early 1900’s Chief Mathias Joe began carving totem poles at a spot under the Lions Gate Bridge in British Columbia, where he lived until the early ‘50’s.
Chief Mathias Joe, leader of the Capilano Indian band for more than 50 years, died in St. Paul’s Hospital Monday night at the age of 80.