Native American Carvings & Totem Poles

Nuu-chah-nulth Three Figure Model Pole from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop.This model pole was carved by a Nuu-chah-nulth artist for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop...

This pair of colorful larger Nuu-chah-nulth model totem poles were likely made for a curio shop in Seattle or Victoria sometime around 1915. The po...

Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish model totem featuring Bird and Frog. This model pole features a bird wearing a hat over a frog, dating to around 19...

Coast Salish thunderbird totem with transverse killer whale. This unique Coast Salish (perhaps Squamish) model pole features a twist on the iconic ...

Large Mowachaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Model Pole by Jimmy John (1876-1988). This exceptional model pole is the work of Mowachaht master carver Jimmy John,...

Large Muckleshoot Coast Salish six figure model totem pole by “Chief” White Eagle. This large model pole was carved by “Chief” White Eagle, a Muckl...

Kwakwaka'wakw thunderbird and Sisiutl model pole by master carver Ernie Henderson. A beautifully sculpted model pole by the late Kwakwaka'wakw mast...

This Nuu-chah-nulth model pole features an inverted salamander (some interpret this figure as a lizard) over a bear. This charming little red cedar...

An older, three-figure pole that appears to feature anthropomorphic owls in various stages of transformation. The top figure is a humanoid that is ...

This brightly painted, five-figured model totem pole features a thunderbird, inverted killer whale, human figure holding a wolf head, and bird (rap...

This model totem pole was carved by Nuu-chah-nulth master carver Jacob Louie, who regularly produced work for the Thunderbird and Scenery Shop in V...

This pole is a model of one of the Thunderbird Totems of Alert Bay, a favorite image of mid-20th century totem makers. This pole was likely carved ...

Muckleshoot (Coast Salish) totem pole and captive ball. This unusual model pole features a carved captive ball – a standard American folk art tradi...

This Nuu-chah-nulth model totem pole features a bird, human figure, and mammal with sharp teeth (perhaps a bear or dog). The maker, although anonym...

Squamish (Coast Salish) eagle and salmon model totem by Stan Joseph. This model pole depicts an eagle over a leaping salmon by Squamish master carv...

This model pole depicts a black bear over a raven and a red killer whale. A couple of unusual features set this pole apart – particularly the angle...

This pole is a Nuu-chah-nulth-made model of the Tlingit Chief Kian totem pole that stands in Ketchikan, Alaska. Full-sized Tlingit poles that could...

This model pole is from the Tseshaht First Nation, a Nuu-chah-nulth people from around Port Alberni, in the south-central portion of Vancouver Isla...

An interesting little model pole dating to the 1930s that features a diving eagle over a human. This pole would have been carved by a Nuu-chah-nult...

Pair of Tlingit model totem poles. Tlingit culture is divided into two moieties, or groups: Eagles and Ravens. These groups, also called clans, are...

This model pole is a Nuu-chah-nulth interpretation of the Tlingit Chief Shakes Raven Totem of Wrangell, Alaska. The original, full-sized pole tells...

This matched pair of Nuu-chah-nulth model poles each feature thunderbirds, wolves, lightning snakes and eagles. The poles are nearly identical and ...

Tsimshian “Good Luck” Totem Pole carved by George Mather Sr. (1918-1990). The “good luck” totem was a design that was created by the Tsimshian arti...

This Nuu-chah-nulth model pole features a fantastic, glossy paint job that is eye-catching and unique. The painting is crisp and precise, and reall...

This model pole is carved in yellow cedar and depicts a truncated version of the Tlingit Chief Shakes Totem from Wrangell, Alaska. It was created b...

Tsimshian three figure pole by noted artist Frederick Alexcee. This model pole was carved in red cedar by noted Tsimshian/Iroquois artist Frederic...

This three-figure model pole depicts a thunderbird over a bear holding a salmon. This pole would have been made in Ontario, Canada, by an Ojibwe ar...

This massive totem pole is an incredible example of outsider folk art. The pole was carved by Lair Forster in Ottawa in 1938 and is an eccentric in...

This large pole was “donated to a church on the northern tip of Vancouver Island for a fundraiser” sometime around 1905. The pole is carved in a pr...

Tsimshian Chief Johnson totem by Conrad Mather,. This model pole is a Tsimshian model of the Chief Johnson Totem of Ketchikan, Alaska. Carved in re...

An older Tlingit model pole that depicts an eagle over a bear, carved in yellow cedar, ca. 1915. This pole has an awesome surface that has aged bea...

Coast Salish five figure Thunderbird totem pole. This model pole was carved by a Coast Salish artist in British Columbia sometime in the 1950s or 1...

Coast Salish model of Chief Shakes totem pole. 15"This is a truncated Coast Salish iteration of the Tlingit Chief Shakes Raven Pole of Wrangell, Al...

Haida-Style totem pole by Tsimshian artist Moses Alexcee. Moses Alexcee was a prolific Tsimshian maker from Prince Rupert who frequently carved for...

Nuu-chah-nulth totem pole featuring a thunderbird over a raven. The thunderbird’s wings have been painted into wolf heads in profile. A colorful mo...

Mowachaht/Nuu-chah-nulth “Seattle Pole” from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. This is a clean, bright model of the iconic “Seattle Totem” that stands in Pio...

Nicely carved, two-figure Nuu-chah-nulth pole that features Raven wearing a woven hat over a human. 9"H The imagery of Raven in the woven hat be...

Model Nuu-chah-nulth totem pole that features a thunderbird, wolf, and human. The face painted into the chest of the thunderbird and the serpent fa...

Nuu-chah-Nulth "Seattle Totem Pole." 9 1/2"HThis highly weathered pole is a Nuu-chah-nulth model of the iconic Tlingit “Seattle Totem” that stands ...

Nuu-chah-nulth three figure totem pole from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. This older pole is an excellent example of Nuu-chah-nulth carving. It features ...

Intricate Pacheedaht/Nuu-chah-nulth totem pole carved by Samuel Jackson. This astonishing pole features ten fully carved figures in just 13 inches ...

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...

Three figure carved totem with original sticker, “Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Coleman Dock, Seattle” and “History of Indian Totem Poles.” This older ...

Older Nuu-chah-nulth Four Figure Model Pole. This nicely carved, larger Nuu-chah-nulth pole that features a bird, frog, killer whale, and bear. The...

This Tlingit model pole features a bird-like figure (perhaps a hummingbird, crane, or mosquito) over a bear, holding what appears to be an insect. ...

Makah Two Figure Pole by Young Doctor (ca. 1851-1934). This important historic pole by the Makah master carver Young Doctor features an eagle over ...

Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth totem pole with frog base. Larger model totem pole by the Williams family of Ditidaht carvers featuring a wolf, fish, frog,...