A Gitxsan pole (left) and Kwakwaka'wakw pole (right) at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia. Totem poles are monumental sculptures, a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually made from large trees, mostly western red cedar, by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America (Washington, Oregon, and Canada's western province, British Columbia).
gesture. an act made or something said to signify intention or attitude. suicidal gesture a more serious warning than a suicide threat; it may be followed by a planned suicidal act that attracts attention without seriously injuring the subject.
Shove (verb) to drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor. Shove (verb) to push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. Shove (verb) to push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. Shove (verb) to move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. Shove (noun) the act of shoving; a forcible push. Shove. p. p. of Shove