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Object location	48° 25′ 12″ N, 123° 21′ 59.83″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	48.420000; -123.366620

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House built by Mungo Martin and David Martin with carpenter Robert J. Wallace. Based on Chief Nakap'ankam's house in Tsaxis (Fort Rupert). The house "bears on its house-posts the hereditary crests of Martin's family." It continues to be used for ceremonies with the permission of Chief Oast'akalagalis 'Walas 'Namugwis (Peter Knox, Martin's grandson) and Mable Knox. Pole carved by Mungo Martin, David Martin and Mildred Hunt. "Rather than display his own crests on the pole, which was customary, Martin chose to include crests representing the A'wa'etlala, Kwagu'l, 'Nak'waxda'xw and 'Namgis Nations. In this way, the pole represents and honours all the Kwakwaka'wakw people."

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 18 August 2007. It was captioned as follows: English: Wawadit'la with heraldic pole, built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953 at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. Other languages: Asturianu: Wawadit'la con un totem heráldicu, costruyíu pol Xefe Mungo Martin en 1953 nel Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Columbia Británica, Canadá. Čeština: Indiánký totem v Thunderbird Parku, Britská Kolumbie, Kanada Deutsch: Wawadit'la, ein „big house“ der Kwakiutl, mit Wappenpfahl im Thunderbird-Park in Victoria, Britisch-Kolumbien, Kanada. English: Wawadit'la with heraldic pole, built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953 at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. Español: Wawadit'la con un tótem heráldico, construido por el Jefe Mungo Martin en 1953 en el Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Columbia Británica, Canadá. Français : Les totems érigés autour de la case communautaire villageoise (wawadit’la) ornés de symboles héraldiques, construits par le chef nord-amérindien Mungo Martin en 1953 au Thunderbird Park de Victoria en Colombie-Britannique (Canada). Íslenska: Tótemsúla, reist af Mungo Martin árið 1953 í Thunderbird-þjóðgarðinum í Bresku Kólumbíu í Kanada. Italiano: Wawadit'la con totem, costruito dal capo Mungo Martin nel 1953 e situato in Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Columbia Britannica Canada. Magyar: Wawadit'la totemoszloppal, (emelte Mungo Martin főnök 1953-ban - Thunderbird Park, kanadai Brit Kolumbia) Nederlands: De Wawadit'la, een Kwakwaka'wakw "big house" dat werd gebouwd in 1953 door stamhoofd Mungo Martin met totempalen rondom, in het Thunderbird Park van de stad Victoria in de Canadese provincie Brits-Columbia Polski: Indiański słup totemowy i Wawadit'la zbudowany przez Wodza Mungo Martina w 1953 roku w Parku Thunderbird w Kolumbii Brytyjskiej w Kanadzie. Português: Wawadit'la é uma casa com um poste totem. Esta localizada no Parque Thunderbird em Victoria, Colúmbia Britânica. Slovenčina: Wawadit'la s indiánskym totemom, ktorú postavil náčelník Mungo Martin v roku 1953 v Thunderbird Parku, Victoria, Britská Kolumbia, Kanada Svenska: Wawadit'la med en totempåle, byggt av hövding Mungo Martin 1953 i British Columbia. Беларуская: Дом "Вавадзіт'ла" і татэмны слуп, збудаваныя Мунга Марцінам у 1953 (Тандарбёрд-Парк, Брытанская Калумбія, Канада). Русский: Wawadit'la с тотемным столбом, построенный вождём Мунго Мартином в 1953 году в Тандерберд парке в Виктории (Британская Колумбия, Канада). Українська: Індіанський тотемний стовп та «Вавадітла», на мові індіанців племені квакіутл — великий дім. Збудовані вождем Мунґо Мартін 1953 року у парку-музеї Thunderbird, що у м. Вікторія, Британська Колумбія, Канада. 日本語： マンゴ・マーティンの家。トーテムポールが置かれている。1953年ネイティブアメリカンの酋長マンゴ・マーティンによってカナダ、ブリティッシュコロンビア州ヴィクトリアのサンダーバードパークに建てられる。 中文： 加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省印第安人酋长蒙哥·马丁1953年在维多利亚建造的夸夸卡瓦库(大屋)和图腾柱。 中文（繁體）： 印第安人酋長蒙戈·馬丁於1953年建造的誇誇卡瓦庫和圖騰柱，位於加拿大英屬哥倫比亞維多利亞的雷鳥公園內

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