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totem

[toh-tuhm] / ˈtoʊ təm /
NOUN
pole
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The Franco-Beninese artist King Houndekpinkou presented "White Totem of Light", a column composed of ceramic fragments recovered from a factory in Cairo.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

The crowd fills up the park and people gather until the Tulip Totem arrives.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

Yuri Suzuki’s Totem objects for Huguet x Pentagram, which come in eight colors and eight shapes, can be combined in various configurations to create small sculptures.Credit...

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2023

For much of the past decade, Totem Star has helped thousands of young artists develop their music from a 225-square-foot recording studio in West Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

An open book, something called Totem and Taboo, lay beside it.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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