From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtotem poleˈtotem pole noun [countable] 1 
SAa tall wooden pole with one or more totems cut or painted on it, made by the Native Americans of northwest North America2 → low man on the totem pole
SAa tall wooden pole with one or more totems cut or painted on it, made by the Native Americans of northwest North America2 → low man on the totem poleExamples from the Corpus
totem pole• Here I was, the last guy on the totem pole.• The totem pole was created by two local carvers. 