barber's pole

Summary

barber's pole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (702 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• barber's pole's image is recorded as Barber's pole, Drummond Street - geograph.org.uk - 1352847.jpg^[2].
• barber's pole's subclass of is recorded as marquee^[3].
• barber's pole's Commons category is recorded as Barber poles^[4].
• barber's pole's Unicode character is recorded as 💈^[5].
• barber's pole's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06nl77^[6].
• barber's pole's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300253916^[7].
• barber's pole's has pattern is recorded as stripe^[8].
• barber's pole's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 12893^[9].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for barber's pole include barberpole illusion^[10], an optical illusion^[11].

Why It Matters

barber's pole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (702 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[12] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[13]

Entities named for it include barberpole illusion^[10], an optical illusion^[11].