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UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST
Model Totem Pole, c. 1930s-40swood and paint, 32.75 x 13 x 7.25 in (83.2 x 33 x 18.4 cm)
unsigned.LOT 73
ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000Further images
This larger Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw model pole, by an as-yet-unidentified artist, likely dates to the 1930s or 1940s. Although the pole was originally attributed to Dick Price (c. 1877-1936), there are several...This larger Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw model pole, by an as-yet-unidentified artist, likely dates to the 1930s or 1940s. Although the pole was originally attributed to Dick Price (c. 1877-1936), there are several features, particularly in the paint application and the construction of its eyes, that make this attribution unlikely. Depicted on the pole are Eagle, descending Whale, Bear, and Human. The pole is painted in customary Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw colours of green, red, yellow, black, and brown, with a white undercoat. Some features that may help identify this maker in the future are its fully round, more gracile figures (when compared to other Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw poles from this era) and the manner in which the irises of the concentric and internally tangent eyes of the figures are left unpainted.
CWS
Provenance
British Columbia;
A British Columbia / New York Collection;
First Arts, Nov 2021, Lot 116, as "Dick Price" and "A British Columbia Collection";
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, USA.
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