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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, HAIDA
Model Totem Pole, c. 1890-1900argillite, 11.75 x 2.75 x 2.625 in (30 x 7 x 6.6 cm)
unsigned.
LOT 48
ESTIMATE: $5,000 — $8,000Further images
This excellent model totem features well-carved, fairly complex imagery. Carved in a distinctive style, and quite distinctly from one another, the figures featured in this pole (from the top) are:...This excellent model totem features well-carved, fairly complex imagery. Carved in a distinctive style, and quite distinctly from one another, the figures featured in this pole (from the top) are: an eagle or raven; a diving whale; a beaver; and a bear holding its cub.Literature: For a discussion model poles of this period see Peter L. Macnair and Alan J. Hoover, The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving (Victoria: Royal BC Museum, 1984/2002), pp. 127-138.
Provenance
Private Collection, U.K.;
Acquired in London, England by the present Vancouver Collection, 2006.
Exhibitions
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