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house-post Pacific Coast 
n. one of several posts supporting the framework of an Indian building, often carved and decorated to symbolize identification with a certain clan or family.
See also: house-pole lodgepole (def. 2) totem pole
- 1906 Among the Northwest Coast tribes, totem-poles, house-posts, mortuary columns, masks, batons, pipes, and various implements and utensils, represent the forms of beasts, men, and monsters, in relief and in the round.
- 1964 The two short totems surmounted by Thunderbirds are twin house-posts which supported beams in the home of Kwakiutl Chief Tsa-wee-nox, of Kingcome Inlet.
- 1906 Among the Northwest Coast tribes, totem-poles, house-posts, mortuary columns, masks, batons, pipes, and various implements and utensils, represent the forms of beasts, men, and monsters, in relief and in the round.