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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925

UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST

Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
wood and acrylic paint, 25.25 x 2.5 x 2.75 in (64.1 x 6.3 x 7 cm), measurements reflect dimensions without later added base, with: 27.25 x 4.25 x 4.25 (69.2 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)
LOT 59
ESTIMATE: $3,500 — $5,000

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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST, Model Totem Pole, c. 1915-1925
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This finely balanced work presents a narrative composed of stacked figures, led by a high-ranking woman shown in ceremonial garb. Her conical, multi-tiered hat signals her status, while her robe,...
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This finely balanced work presents a narrative composed of stacked figures, led by a high-ranking woman shown in ceremonial garb. Her conical, multi-tiered hat signals her status, while her robe, crisply carved, cascades over a menacing secondary figure that is, perhaps, a Ba̱k’wa̱s holding a deceased human. Though clearly Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw in origin, the composition eschews the brightly painted details of other Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw model poles from this period. The painting is subdued, with a softened palette that shows signs of its age.


First Arts with Christopher W. Smith
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A Vancouver Collection.
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