Native American Carvings & Totem Poles

Sioux cherry cane with decorated elk antler handle. From a cabin on the Cheyenne River. Handle has a red cross surrounded by a dot matrix. 35"PERIO...

Inuit fossilized walrus ivory carving of a hunter in a kayak chasing a swimming seal. Once had a harpoon, now missing. These carvings were usually ...

Inuit carved walrus of fossilized walrus ivory. A stylized piece. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local ...

A finely crafted model pole by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth master carver Raymond Williams (ca. 1933-1988), the father of the current generation of Will...

Melvin Seppiluu Yupik scrimshawed walrus ivory tusk cribbage board with baleen. Comes with four pegs. Signed Melvin Savoongaak 99769. These carving...

Inuit scrimshawed walrus tusk cribbage board. A striking walrus ivory tusk hand carved into a cribbage board with intricate scrimshawed motifs of a...

Sioux Plains quill wrapped cane with catlinite handle carved into the likeness of a dog head.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Northern Pl...

Inuit cane with walrus ivory carved handle in the form of a walrus with long tusks and beaded eyes. The cane of English walnut carved and scrolled....

Iroqouis cane or speaker's staff with carved wide face (Native). Original brown milk paint and glass beads for eyes.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Eas...

Tsimshian multifigure totem pole. This charming hand carved and painted totem pole depicting several zoomorphic and anthromorphic figures. The pole...

Inuit carved scape depicting six snow geese in flight. Hand carved of walrus ivory. Mounted on a wood base. These carvings were usually small carvi...

Inuit walrus ivory cribbage board with scrimshaw design depicting seals and walrus. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, r...

Inuit carved and scrimshawed walrus ivory cribbage board. Carved with a fish at point. Scrimshawed with sea lions supported by two polars bear. The...

Inuit carved and scrimshawed cribbage board of mammoth ivory with a figure of a sea lion and polar bear each floating on an ice pack. These carving...

Navajo speaker's chair of heavy southern pine plank. Painted in turquoise with Yei dancer. Just the right amount of wear showing use. Marked unders...

Inuit cribbage board of walrus ivory held by two polar bears. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local anim...

Alaska Inuit carved and decorated beaver fetish with inlaid shell beads and abalone teeth. Patina from fondling.PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Arc...

Inuit carved walrus tusk cribbage board with killer whales, multiple animals including seals, walrus, small whales and mammals. Exceptional carved ...

Woodlands carved burl wood cup with handle. Still shows rasp marks. 4"H x 6"W including handlePERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodlands - Unkno...

Older Nuu-chah-nulth three figure model totem. Nicely carved, fully painted in original old pigments with a wonderful patina. 11 1/2" with base.PER...

This model pole of the iconic “Seattle Totem” was made by a local Coast Salish artist. This model would have been created not too long after the or...

Raven and beaver cedar totem pole. Carved totem pole with abalone and shell inlays. Carved. .72” x 9” x 10”.This is a large or fragile item, so shi...

Salish totem depicting a human wearing a potlatch hat perched between the ears of an eagle at top, a human face in relief for the birds eyes, a sma...

Matched pair of Salish Native American totem poles. Both identical. Carved as a thunderbird with spread rings separately carved and attached perche...

Three coastal Salish carved totems from Southern Vancouver Island. Estimate circa 1900-20's. Includes a pair of structural house totems with notche...

This model pole is a Tsimshian model of the Chief Johnson Totem of Ketchikan, Alaska. It is carved in red cedar and features Raven and Fog Woman on...

Northwest two figure totem with winged thunderbird. Marked on back "Hand Carved Indian Made, From the World Famous Ye Old Curiosity Shop Since 1899...

This model pole is a Tsimshian model of the Chief Johnson Totem of Ketchikan, Alaska. It is carved in red cedar and features Raven and Fog Woman on...

Ditidaht First Nation totem by Rick Williams the brother of John T. Williams partnered with other Native carvers to create at tribute to John in th...

Nisga’a/Nishga Model Pole featuring a Medicine Man, Owl, Wolf, and Frog Base. This striking pole features a medicine man, owl, and wolf over a figu...

This delicate, three-figure model pole features a seabird, frog, and killer whale. The pole is mounted on a round slice of alder wood as a base. Al...

Chief Shakes Raven pole by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth artist Raymond Williams. This finely crafted model totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth mast...

This pole is a model of the Tlingit Kiks.adi totem pole of Wrangell, Alaska, probably dating to the 1930s. The original pole belongs to the Kiks.ad...

This charming pole was carved by a Nuu-chah-nulth artist from the west coast of Vancouver Island. The sharp, angular shapes and almost art-deco-lik...

This incredible and large model totem pole was carved by Wilson Williams (c. 1908-1965), a Ditidaht master carver known for his robust and bold mod...

This multifigure pole features six carved figures including a bear, wolf, raven, thunderbird, frog, and another small bird of some type. The pole i...

This delicate and finely painted pole was probably carved for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (YOCS) sometime between 1910 and 1920. It appears to depict an...

This beautiful Ditidaht pole features five figures including a supernatural bird-like creature in mid-transformation, fish, killer whale, bear, and...

This pole depicts the “Good Luck” or “Boy Who Fed the Eagles” totem pole motif that was usually made by Tsimshian artists from New Metlakatla, Alas...

Complex Multifigure Tlingit Totem Pole from Sitka, Alaska. This larger red cedar model totem pole was carved by a Tlingit artist from Sitka, Alaska...

This is a Tlingit totem pole created in the 19th century in Sitka, Alaska. This pole does not appear to have been completely finished but is excell...

This large model pole features a singing human, probably a chief, in a woven-style hat over a sea monster of some sort. The style of the human face...

This model pole was carved by a Tlingit artist from Southeastern Alaska and features an eagle over a bear. It is carved in red cedar and is mounted...

This Nuu-chah-nulth model pole depicts the iconic Tlingit “Seattle Totem” that stands in the Pioneer Square neighborhood in downtown Seattle. Writt...

This model pole was likely carved by a local Salish artist in the Seattle area, perhaps Duwamish or Suquamish. The pole is carved in red cedar and ...

Older model totem pole featuring a human in a chiefly hat over a frog and humanoid head. Although this pole has a note on the back that identifies ...

This old model Salish pole dates to around 1900 and was sold out of the Hudson Bay Fur Trading Co. in Seattle, WA. The pole depicts an inverted kil...