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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED COAST SALISH ARTIST
Model Totem Pole, c. 1920wood and pigment, 14.5 x 2.25 x 2 in (36.8 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm)
unsigned.LOT 25
ESTIMATE: $100 — $150Further images
This model pole rises from a circular alder base into a slender shaft, its four stacked figures rendered in simplified, angular forms. At the summit perches an Eagle with a...This model pole rises from a circular alder base into a slender shaft, its four stacked figures rendered in simplified, angular forms. At the summit perches an Eagle with a sharply hooked beak, its silhouette clean and commanding atop a platform. Below, a sequence of articulated Human, Frog, and Human figures are carved in shallow relief, their features defined by bold cuts and planes. Although unsigned and by an as-yet-unidentified artist, the pole was made by a carver active in producing works for the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle during the first quarter of the 20th century, most likely from a local Coast Salish community.Provenance
Private Collection, Seattle / Vancouver.
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