Lifting a totem pole

English: How to lift a totem pole

Deutsch: Wie ein Totempfahl (Wappenpfahl) aufgerichtet wird

Français : Comment ériger un poteau totem

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  Seattle - Reinstallation of Pioneer Square totem pole, 1940

In the British Museum

English: Lifting a Haida totem pole in the great court of the British museum in 2007

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  12:30 Lifting underway
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  12:32 Raising the totem
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  12:32 Raising the totem
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  12:32 Twisting lift as it is swung around the cranes axis
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  12:34 Twisting lift as it is swung around the cranes axis
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  12:35 The totem approaches us on the East staircase of the Great Court
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  12:39 Bringing the totem to a vertical plane
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  12:41 Almost there
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  12:43 The two parts are craned into the right position
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  12:48 Almost there
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  12:48 Getting the two parts to marry up
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  12:48 Success as the two parts are located properly
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  The totem pole in 2010