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Kwa-Ma-Rolas

Kwa-Ma-Rolas
Photo: Theemausoliam, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Kwanusila is a 12.2 meter (40 foot) tall totem pole carved from red cedar. It stands in Lincoln Park at Addison Street just east of Lake Shore Drive in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The colorfully painted totems include a grimacing sea monster at the bottom, a man riding a whale above it, and Kwanusila the Thunderbird on top.

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