I have four village elders and so four totems.

The first I got was the blue one. That belonged to Boga, who has sadly passed on. The second one was the purple/yellow one that belonged to Mahalo. He is also gone. The third and fourth came at the same time. The green one belongs to Hula, who is standing next to it and the blue/brown one belongs to Ikai, who is also standing next to it. She had a body swapping experience so she looks young but is really old.
I'm hoping I will get some more soon.
On another note, it is so sweet when the children sit by themselves and are "a little bit lonely". I wish I could drag another child over so they could play.
Does it make any difference if the children collect the same type of item more than once? I keep picking up the items I already have, but if it makes no difference I won't bother.