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Artworks
JIMMY JOHN (1876-1987) NUU-CHAH-NULTH
Model Totem Pole, c. 1950swood and pigment, 11.75 x 3 x 3 in (29.8 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)LOT 111
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200Further images
Mowachaht artist Jimmy John lived and worked as a carver on the Northwest Coast for nearly all of the 20th century. This pole is a transitional style between his brightly...Mowachaht artist Jimmy John lived and worked as a carver on the Northwest Coast for nearly all of the 20th century. This pole is a transitional style between his brightly painted earlier poles and his later chip-carving style that used only red and black or eliminated paint altogether. This pole depicts a pair of humans wearing wolf headdresses and robes, the bottom figure also holding a grouse mask. Interestingly, this bottom figure may be a self-portrait of the artist himself, who posed for a postcard with a similar headdress and Grouse Mask (see Lot 68, this sale for the Grouse Mask and postcard).
Sarah Raven and Christopher W. Smith
Provenance
A Vancouver Collection.
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