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UNIDENTIFIED, TLINGIT, FIRST NATIONS Model Totem Pole,

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UNIDENTIFIED, TLINGIT, FIRST NATIONS Model Totem Pole,

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Lot 17
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, TLINGIT
Model Totem Pole, 1880s

carved and polychrome cedar, 33.25 x 2.25 x 1.5 in (84.5 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm)

Provenance
Stair Galleries, Hudson, NY;
A Private Collection, Vancouver; A British Columbia Collection.

This tall, refined monument is carved in Tlingit style, featuring five individual figures and two small subsidiary images attached to the top figure. From top down, the images appear to represent an elongated humanoid mammal, possibly a wolf, with what may be the small head of a frog and a bird above and below the main head. Below are the head and forelegs of what is possibly a frog, followed by a downward-facing mammal, possibly a bear (or an otter?) with black lines painted on its face. Next is a short-beaked bird facing downward with folded wings, which is standing atop a large human head of unknown identity. The pole has a flat back and nearly straight sides, broken only by the shaped parts of certain figures.

The most unusual feature of the pole is the elegantly elongated humanoid wolf, which occupies more than a third of the pole’s height.

Steven C. Brown

Even among early Tlingit model poles, with their tall, often quite slender proportions, this pole stands out as being especially slim, particularly in profile. It is possible that the large figure depicts a shaman.

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UNIDENTIFIED, TLINGIT, FIRST NATIONS Model Totem Pole,

Name: UNIDENTIFIED, TLINGIT, FIRST NATIONS Model Totem Pole,
SKU: 106307069
Price: 10000 CAD
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