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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ATTR: PAUL JONES (c. 1847-1927), TANU / SKIDEGATE, HAIDA GWAII, Model Totem Pole, c. 1890-1900
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ATTR: PAUL JONES (c. 1847-1927), TANU / SKIDEGATE, HAIDA GWAII, Model Totem Pole, c. 1890-1900
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    ATTR: PAUL JONES (c. 1847-1927), TANU / SKIDEGATE, HAIDA GWAII

    Model Totem Pole, c. 1890-1900
    argillite, 9 x 2 x 2 in (22.9 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm)
    unsigned.

    LOT 47
    ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000

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    • Model Totem Pole
    Paul Jones originally came from Tanu Island, a village that in the 19th century boasted thirty finely carved cedar poles. According to Leslie Drew and Douglas Wilson, Paul Jones was...
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    Paul Jones originally came from Tanu Island, a village that in the 19th century boasted thirty finely carved cedar poles. According to Leslie Drew and Douglas Wilson, Paul Jones was a notable Skidegate carver, whose poles feature crests with a slight uptilt, and animal faces with sunken cheeks and mouths that are often wide and downturned [1]. This fine model pole depicts (from the top): a female dogfish with labret; a raven holding its tail with a face carved on it; and a seated beaver.


    1. Leslie Drew and Douglas Wilson, Argillite: Art of the Haida, (1980), p. 250.


    Literature: Marius Barbeau discusses Paul Jones’ life and illustrates his work in some detail in his book Haida Carvers in Argillite (Ottawa: National Museum of Man, 1957/1974), pp. 110-117. See Leslie Drew and Douglas Wilson, Argillite: Art of the Haida (Vancouver: Hancock House, 1980), pp. 250, 252. For a comparable work by the artist see Walker’s Auctions, Ottawa, May 2015, Lot 99.

    Provenance

    Chrsitie's, 18 March 1984, their label verso;
    A British Columbia Collection.

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