DCHP-1 Online
totem crest 
among West Coast Indians: the symbol of a social group such as a clan or phratry.
See also: crest (def. 1)
- 1891 The designs are carefully and symetrically drawn, are often hereditary, and represent the totem crest of the wearer; the face, however, is never tattooed.
- 1891 The designs are carefully and symetrically drawn, are often hereditary, and represent the totem crest of the wearer; the face, however, is never tattooed.