Native American Carvings & Totem Poles

19th Century Eastern Cherokee hand carved booger mask. Of the more than twenty dances known in the history of the Eastern Cherokee of North Carolin...

Inuit billiken carved on sperm whale tooth. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit them...

Scrimshawed baleen frond by Alvin Aningayou (Siberian Yupik, b. 1969). Alvin Aningayou is a Siberian Yupik scrimshander and ivory carver from the c...

Coast Salish beaver model totem pole by Danny James. Danny James was a Coast Salish artist who often carved model poles for the Ye Olde Curiosity S...

Thunderbird and bear holding mask totem by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-Nulth artist Eric Williams. 18" with wings, 20"W with base.The Williams family of mode...

Nuu-chah-Nulth/Ditidaht model of the Seattle Totem by carver Rick Williams (1955 - ). 24"H x 3"Although totem poles have long been associated with ...

Nuu-chah-Nulth model of the Seattle totem pole. Circa 1960. 12"Although totem poles have long been associated with Seattle, the familiar Northern N...

Nuu-chah-Nulth/Ditidaht watchmen and mosquito totem pole by Ray Williams (1933-1988). 14"W, 26"H with base.Raymond “Ray” Williams was a prominent a...

Vintage Northwest Coast bear mask with abalone inlay. An anthropomorphic Bear mask that likely dates to the 1970s or 1980s. The mask is painted in ...

Inupiaq carved ivory polar bear by Eric Tetpon Sr. (1919 - 2006). Eric Tetpon Sr. was a noted master carver of ivory from the famous Tetpon family ...

Berin Sea beaked whale by Brian Kulik (King Island Inupiaq), bottom signed "Berring Beaker." Brian Kulik is a King Island Inupiaq carver known for ...

Greenlandic Inuit polar bear figure carved from a whale tooth. This finely carved Greenlandic Polar Bear is depicted with an inquisitive posture an...

Nuu-chah-Nulth model totem pole (Tlingit KIKS.ADI), circa 1940. This model pole is a Nuu-chah-nulth artist’s iteration of the Tlingit Kiks.adi Tote...

Tlingit Chief Shakes totem pole by John Michael (1875-1942) Nugget Shop, circa 1930. 13"HJohn Michael was one of several Sitka-based Tlingit carver...

Bear Totem Store Totem Pole (c. 1930s) by Charlie Joe Tagcook (Tlingit, c. 1866-1950). 20"HCharlie Joe Tagcook (also spelled Tagook) was a prolific...

Thunderbird, diving raven and frog totem pole by William "Bill" Kuhnley Sr. 26 5/8"H x 20 1/8"W with 7" base.Bill Kuhnley Sr. is a well-known non-I...

Coast Salish totem pole, circa 1920. This older model pole appears to depict an anthropomorphic Bear with what may be a Flatfish on the front side...

Coast Salish thunderbird and wolf totem by the White Eagle Family. This model pole is carved in the style of the Muckleshoot White Eagle family of ...

Nuu-chah-Nulth totem pole, circa 1920-30. This older Nuu-chah-nulth model pole features a Bird with ear crests, an inverted Killer Whale, and a Mas...

Monumental Thunderbird, Black Bear, and Killer Whale Totem Pole by Simon Charlie (1919-2005), OC; OBC. 9'2"H x 20" at base. Simon Charlie (1919-200...

Kwakwaka'Wakw articulated raven mask attributed to Jimmy Joseph. Jimmy Joseph is a Kwakwaka’wakw carver from Alert Bay known for his deeply carved ...

Chief Kyan totem by AlaskanTsimshian carver Eli Tait (1872-1949). Signed. Eli Tait was a prolific and skilled carver based in Metlakatla, Alaska, w...

This finely carved Tlingit model pole, by an as-yet-unidentified maker, features an Eagle over a Human figure holding some sort of implement. The H...