Totem in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Totem, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Totem poles, Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Tlingit Chief Johnson Totem Pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Totems, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), Canada, North America

Tlingit Totem Pole, Raven's Fort Tribal House, Fort William Seward, Haines, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Totems, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Close up of carvings, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Thamudic inscriptions carved 2000 years ago by Arabian tribe of camel caravan on Jebal Umm Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan, Middle East

Batak Toba village houses with high ended roof and tribal carvings, Tomuk, Samosir Island, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rock art on a rock formation in Tigui, Tibesti Mountains, Chad

Rock art on a rock formation in Tigui, Tibesti Mountains, Chad

Carved spirits of men and a woman standing at the entrance to Iban tribal longhouse at Ngemah beach on the Lemanak River, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Detail of traditional Batak tribal painted carving with stylised buffalo horns, Huta Bolon, Simanindo, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House, carvings representing the dead and manifestations of ancestors preserved tribal history in an oral society, Te Puia Maori Village, Rotorua, Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

These reindeer peoples' entire existence is based around their herds of reindeer, which provide milk, skins for clothes, horn for carving and medicine, transport and occasionally, meat. the tsaatan are part of the tuvan ethnic group, which inhabits the tuvan republic of russia. there are only about 200 tsaatan in total, spread over 100,000 sq km of northern mongolia. they are nomadic, often moving their small encampments every three to four weeks, searching for special types of grass and moss loved by the reindeer. the tsaatan are strong practitioners of shamanism. west taiga, northern mongolia

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Indian carving, Washington, USA

Indian carving, Washington, USA

Petroglyphs etched in sandstone, symbols, prehistoric and historic rock art, wall drawings by the Anasazi Native Americans, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Utah, United States of America, USA

Petroglyphs etched in sandstone, symbols, prehistoric and historic rock art, wall drawings by the Anasazi Native Americans, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Utah, United States of America, USA

Petroglyphs etched in sandstone, symbols, prehistoric and historic rock art, wall drawings by the Anasazi Native Americans, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Utah, United States of America, USA

Indian, native american, totem pole, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Detail Of A Raven Figure Carved Into A Totem Pole, Totem Bight State Historical Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Spring

Detail Of A Human Figure Carved Into A Totem Pole, Totem Bight State Historical Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Spring

Detail Of A Human Figure Carved Into A Totem Pole, Totem Bight State Historical Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Spring

Hawaii, Big Island, Puako petroglyphs, closeup of carving