This paper suggests that totem pole is a typical crest object and is the symbol of privilege and social status.Potlatch is the essence of the traditional totem pole culture.

• 本文指出图腾柱是一种典型的徽标物，是特权等级和社会地位的象征符号，共本质是构成当地传统社会制度核心的波多拉支。