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G-MAS
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G-MAS
7 years ago

It’s cool.

Zulu
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Zulu
7 years ago

Burn this witchcraft fast

10 toes
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10 toes
7 years ago
Reply to  Zulu

Lol funny

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago
Reply to  Zulu

Jump in the fire zulu
It’s far from witchcraft stay in the light dude it was fun carving this piece it ate alot of chains so i stopped working on it. The character’s in the pole are copied from an Alaskan totem book look them up.

Perspective
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Perspective
7 years ago

I bet the south jetty is littered with awesome trees and stumps right now. Now is the time to make those fence posts you need.

BGG
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BGG
7 years ago

It’s not finders keepers anymore. That’s County, State or Federal property. BLM is on the way.

Perspective
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Perspective
7 years ago
Reply to  BGG

You cant split fence posts anymore? I still see tucks with fresh split rail in the back coming from the beaches. Must not be enforced.

CuriousHumboldtian
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CuriousHumboldtian
6 years ago
Reply to  BGG

But yet over a year later and its still there…

onlooker
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onlooker
7 years ago

Sure doesn’t look like Native art, and in any case, it doesn’t belong to the people who stumbled on it. There are tribal experts who should be consulted before anything else, but once it’s authenticity has been determined or debunked, either state or federal rules apply to its disposition.

Amimissingsomething
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Amimissingsomething
7 years ago
Reply to  onlooker

And that is your learned opinion?? People such as yourself should stfu. Why don’t we spend a million dollars on a study that will come to the conclusion we need another study only to find out someone carved it in there backyard up in Shivley. You’re part of the problem!!!

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago
Reply to  onlooker

Its chaisaw carved im the one who carved it it came from kymtu garberville hahaha you guys are funny im getting a kick oughtta this.

Message on a totem pole enjoy it its a good conversation piece

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago
Reply to  onlooker

Who is this person and whats your iq its chainsaw carved if you havent pulled up the focus then you are lost i am the carver

Robin Shelley
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Robin Shelley
7 years ago

It’s mine & those two guys need to bring it back to me right now!
😀

Ernie Branscomb
Guest
7 years ago
Reply to  Robin Shelley

Yep, It’s Robin’s alright. That’s her right on top.

Just funning you Robin. It’s good to know that you are still around!

RT
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RT
7 years ago

Could it be from Japan after the big earthquake

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago
Reply to  RT

I was hoping it would make it to another continent that would have been so cool i think if someone helped me we could send it on its way. Im the owner of the pole

Paula
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Paula
7 years ago

If one is truly interested, one can go to the Fish and Wildlife office in Eureka, and get a free wood permit that will allow you to collect free firewood in the South Spit area. When you come to the office you’ll need the vehicle description and licenses number. The permit will allow for collecting thru Feb 2017. Fish and Wildlife Eureka office is at 619 Second Street, and open for permits M-F 8 Am to 5 PM. Closed during lunch 12 to 1.

hmm
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hmm
7 years ago
Reply to  Paula

I have a permit but I feel like Im the only one out there who does.

Look at it
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Look at it
7 years ago

It’s carved with a chainsaw, definitely not an artifact lol

Totem McPole
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Totem McPole
7 years ago

Prudes, I tell ya. It’s funny (not funny) how a person can make a career on this blog wishing for juvenile shoplifters to get ass raped in prison, but non-sequitor sexual comments in frilly featurette posts like this, directed at nobody, are taboo. Prudes, sigh.

Guest
Guest
Guest
7 years ago
Reply to  Totem McPole

What? Who wished that?

Sherri Sue Wright
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Sherri Sue Wright
6 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Some idiot calling himself “Totem McPole”. It was posted January 23, 2017.

Prof. Quiz
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Prof. Quiz
7 years ago

Looks like there’s enough bark left on the tree to identify the species. That would be a good start in determining its origin. If it’s redwood then it probably washed out the mouth of the Eel.

Sherri Sue Wright
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Sherri Sue Wright
6 years ago
Reply to  Prof. Quiz

Good idea!

joe arias
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joe arias
3 months ago
Reply to  Prof. Quiz

It’s dug fir and hard as a rock that’s why I stopped carving it chains gas aren’t cheap

Mike
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Mike
7 years ago

Chainsaw cuts. Not that old

hmm
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hmm
7 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Obvious chainsaw cuts.

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Rite answer from me the owner its doug fir and broke alot of my chains

Shaka
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Shaka
7 years ago

Menehune traveled on it from Hawaii….

Guest
Guest
Guest
7 years ago

If it glows in the dark it’s fron Japan!

Logan
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Logan
7 years ago

I’m pretty sure that is the totem that someone was working on on the river bar out Camp Kimtu road in Garberville. Could always see it on the river bar out the back of my parents property. And then with the last storm the river rose high enough and took it away.

Fisherman
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Fisherman
7 years ago

That totem has been laying on it’s back, on the river bar off kimtu road near garberville for about 6 or 8 years. It had a bird beak where the square hole is. Somebody used to come down and work on it every once in a while during the summer, but I never saw who it was, just the changes they made. I’ve walked by it hundreds of times over the years. Always thought it was a cool project someone was working on.

Guest
Guest
Guest
7 years ago
Reply to  Fisherman

Gona have to walk a little farther to work on it now, kind of cool to be able to see how far it traveled

Smith
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5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Yep hahaha peace

joe arias
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joe arias
3 months ago
Reply to  Smith

True true thank you guys kinda funny in a happy sad way

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Hahaha yes i was hoping it would make it to the ocean someone helpe get it there

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago
Reply to  Fisherman

Thank you your correct

joe arias
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joe arias
3 months ago
Reply to  Fisherman

Thank you fisherman it was very fun carving on that log if it would have been redwood it would have been completed and erected right were it sat I had a property owner with a Kubota tractor who was going to dig the hole and stand it up I would have been there for ages sad to see it gone I wish someone would stand it up in rememberance of Joe arias I would even go complete the project with a concrete saw.

Ross Rowley
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Ross Rowley
7 years ago

Hey, isn’t that one of the props from Gilligan’s Island? It must have floated all the way up here from Malibu…..”Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…..” Well, maybe not.

Covelo or busted
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Covelo or busted
7 years ago

Google…”.Form Line Design”.
There are some rules for doing this type of art, this person doesnt know that. But its way fun!Got there faster than the mail!

Smith
Guest
5 years ago

Im working on one to send to covelo heyyy covelo hahahaaa aaaho!!!peace

joe arias
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joe arias
3 months ago
Reply to  Smith

Covelo or busted doesn’t know what he’s talking about I used chalk line lol

Pat Chulli
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Pat Chulli
7 years ago

That ‘totem’ floated under the Con Camp bridge on January 17th.

Jermaine Brubaker
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Jermaine Brubaker
6 years ago

I saw in a recent facebook “totem discovery” post that a man that lived near Camp Kimtu carved it, and it was lost in a high water event. A man came forward on the post claiming to be the artist, i will see if i can find ththat st post. This carving is coming up a lot in my feed lately!

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago

Thank you your correccomment image

owner of pole daniel joseph arias
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owner of pole daniel joseph arias
2 years ago

here i am

noel boquet ahmad
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noel boquet ahmad
6 years ago

It was made by a local gent… and got washed away… would be really cool to see if it gets washed to another beach and another kind of like a really cool message in a bottle traveling art piece. It looks awesome where its at. I vote leave it and let people admire it til it moves on and then others will admire it too xx

Smith
Guest
5 years ago

You are absolutely correct noel i couldnt have said it any better thank you many blessings to you peace joy and harmony to you

Joe arias
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Joe arias
3 years ago

Thank you your correccomment image

joe arias
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joe arias
3 months ago

As the artist who I am of this totem pole I say let it ride it could have many destinations ahead.

Carole
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Carole
6 years ago

Could these be from near Vashonn Wa? There were totum poles missing from there?

Robert Kennedy
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Robert Kennedy
6 years ago

This is not in any way the style of the PNW native arts either classic or modern, no form line, no ovoids (and we live and die by our ovoids), no s-lines and no u-lines. Chainsaw carving not native.

Smith
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Robert Kennedy

Whatever you said mr kennedy im offended and i think you owe me an appollagy dude!

owner of pole daniel joseph arias
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owner of pole daniel joseph arias
2 years ago
Reply to  Robert Kennedy

talk some more

Smith
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5 years ago

It isnt finished that wood doug fir is hard as a rock and ruined many of chains it took alongtime to get that much carved and for those who say that it isnt Native think again i have tlingit blood running though my veins. Its alasken figures they are not perfect i was only practising