* Alert Bay, British Columbia — 173 feet (56.4 m), Kwakiutl * Vancouver, British Columbia (Maritime Museum) — 100 feet (30.5 m), Kwakiutl, carved by Mungo Martin with Henry Hunt and David Martin * Victoria, British Columbia (Beacon Hill Park) — 127.5 feet (38.9 m), Kwakiutl, carved by Mungo Martin with Henry Hunt and David Martin * Kalama, Washington — 140 feet (42.6 m), carved by Chief Lalooska * Kake, Alaska — 137.5 feet (41.9 m), Tlingit
There are disputes over which is genuinely the tallest, depending on constraints such as construction from a single log or the affiliation of the carver. Competition for making the tallest pole is still prevalent, although it is becoming more difficult to procure trees of such heights.
The thickest totem pole ever carved to date is in Duncan, British Columbia, carved by Richard Hunt in 1988, and measures over 6 feet (1.8 m) in diameter. It is carved in the Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) style, and represents Cedar Man transforming into his human form.
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顶顶大腕卧底
