- Ditidaht Five Figure TotemSKU: V232This beautiful Ditidaht pole features five figures including a supernatural bird-like creature in mid-transformation, fish, killer whale, bear, and frog. The pole is delicately carved and features highly refined, classic Ditidaht or Nuu-chah-nulth style painting. The surface of the pole is ...
$1,700 - Tlingit “Good Luck” Totem by C. DaltonSKU: V201This pole depicts the “Good Luck” or “Boy Who Fed the Eagles” totem pole motif that was usually made by Tsimshian artists from New Metlakatla, Alaska. It’s highly unusual for a Tlingit artist to depict this imagery. Although it’s unclear exactly who C. Dalton was, Dalton is a very common Tlingit ...
$750 - Multifigure Tlingit TotemSKU: U245Complex Multifigure Tlingit Totem Pole from Sitka, Alaska. This larger red cedar model totem pole was carved by a Tlingit artist from Sitka, Alaska. The pole is unusually complex for a Tlingit pole and features seven interlocking figures. The pole is intricately carved, although the figures in ...
$9,000 - Tlingit Multifigure TotemSKU: U244This 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 excellently designed and was likely painted black by the maker for an impatient customer or perhaps one leaving on a scheduled steamship. Painting poles ...
$8,000 - Large Quileute or Makah Totem PoleSKU: T501This 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 on this incredible pole points to an origin on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, perhaps from the Quileute, Makah, or even the Quinault. The ...
$4,500 - Tlingit Model TotemSKU: S991This 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 on a base. The totem features nice, original old paint and good patina. 8 1/2"H PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest - Tlingit, Native ...
$750 - Nuu-chah-nulth Model TotemSKU: S989This Nuu-chah-nulth model pole depicts the iconic Tlingit “Seattle Totem” that stands in the Pioneer Square neighborhood in downtown Seattle. Written on the back of the pole: "Indian hand-carved replica of totem pole in Pioneer Square, Seattle Rotary Cup, 1937.” The top figure is partially ...
$900 - Old Coast Salish TotemSKU: S987This 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 features a raven, frog, another raven, and face – perhaps an anthropomorphic bear. This maker carved for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop early on in the ...
$900 - Old Coast Salish TotemSKU: S986Older 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 it as Alaskan, it almost certainly the work of a local Seattle-based Salish artist, perhaps Duwamish or Suquamish. Model poles carved up and down the ...
$900 - Salish TotemSKU: S984This 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 killer whale, although the identities of the other figures are unclear. There is a formline human face in profile carved in relief and painted on the ...
$2,000 - Nuu-chah-nulth Three Figure Model TotemSKU: R940BNuu-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 sometime around 1905. This anonymous carver was prolific and had a highly distinctive style that always incorporated a live-edge wood base. This ...
$1,200 - Pair of Nuu-chah-nulth Model TotemsSKU: R568This 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 poles still have their original paint and have fantastic patina. The pole on the left features an eagle and a pair of frogs (especially nice, see ...
$9,000 - Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish Model TotemSKU: R508Nuu-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 1900. The bird is painted in age-mellowed grey, black, and white with spots on its chest. The frog is painted in burgundy pigments with white spots on ...
$500 - Coast Salish Thunderbird TotemSKU: R1215Coast Salish thunderbird totem with transverse killer whale. This unique Coast Salish (perhaps Squamish) model pole features a twist on the iconic Thunderbird Totem Poles of Alert Bay. The model is loyal to the original poles, save for the addition of a transverse killer whale cutting across the ...
$5,000 - Mowachaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Model Totem by Jimmy JohnSKU: R1082Large Mowachaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Model Pole by Jimmy John (1876-1988). This exceptional model pole is the work of Mowachaht master carver Jimmy John, an artist who lived for over 100 years and carved for most of the 20th century. This elaborate nine figure pole features a thunderbird (missing ...
$4,000 - Muckleshoot Coast Salish Model Totem by “Chief” White EagleSKU: Q323Large Muckleshoot Coast Salish six figure model totem pole by “Chief” White Eagle. This large model pole was carved by “Chief” White Eagle, a Muckleshoot Coast Salish carver who created model poles for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop beginning in the 1940s. His style is characterized primarily by neon, ...
$4,500 - Kwakwaka'wakw and Sisiutl Totem by Ernie HendersonSKU: Q195BKwakwaka'wakw thunderbird and Sisiutl model pole by master carver Ernie Henderson. A beautifully sculpted model pole by the late Kwakwaka'wakw master carver, Ernie Henderson. The pole features a thunderbird that has a white undercoat of paint and bold black and green designs. The thunderbird’s ...
$1,500 - Nuu-chah-Nulth Model TotemSKU: Q192This Nuu-chah-nulth model pole features an inverted salamander (some interpret this figure as a lizard) over a bear. This charming little red cedar pole would have been carved sometime in the 1940s, probably for the Victoria tourist market. 12 1/2" PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest - ...
$900 - Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish Model TotemSKU: Q19An older, three-figure pole that appears to feature anthropomorphic owls in various stages of transformation. The top figure is a humanoid that is sitting on a bird that appears to be an owl with a smiling human face, over another bird – also probably an owl – with a human face. The pole dates ...
$900 - Coast Salish Model TotemSKU: Q17This brightly painted, five-figured model totem pole features a thunderbird, inverted killer whale, human figure holding a wolf head, and bird (raptor) at the base. Based on its style, this model would have been carved by a Coast Salish artist, perhaps from around White Rock, BC, in the 1930s. ...
$1,500 - Nuu-chah-nulth 3-figure Totem by Jacob LouieSKU: P280This model totem pole was carved by Nuu-chah-nulth master carver Jacob Louie, who regularly produced work for the Thunderbird and Scenery Shop in Vancouver, BC. This pole features a humanoid figure between two bird figures. Louie’s work can be found in the Museum of Vancouver and is highly ...
$1,500 - Ditidaht Thunderbird Totem by the Williams FamilySKU: P279This 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 by a member of the Williams family of Ditidaht artists who have historically made pieces for Ye Old Curiosity Shop (YOCS) in Seattle. The red and ...
$1,200 - Muckleshoot (Coast Salish) TotemSKU: P277Muckleshoot (Coast Salish) totem pole and captive ball. This unusual model pole features a carved captive ball – a standard American folk art tradition where a free wooden ball is carved from a single piece of wood. Above the ball is a seated eagle. Arguably, model totem poles are a North ...
$1,000 - Nuu-chah-nulth Three Figure TotemSKU: P1588This Nuu-chah-nulth model totem pole features a bird, human figure, and mammal with sharp teeth (perhaps a bear or dog). The maker, although anonymous, was known to create pieces for William Webber and his Thunderbird Scenery Shop on Granville Street in Vancouver, BC. The white undercoat is ...
$1,500 - Squamish Model Totem by Stan JosephSKU: P1232Squamish (Coast Salish) eagle and salmon model totem by Stan Joseph. This model pole depicts an eagle over a leaping salmon by Squamish master carver, Stan Joseph Sr. (Squamish name: Sequilem, born 1950). The pole is carved in yellow cedar and is neatly painted in red and black. Joseph began ...
$400 - Nuu-chah-nulth Three Figure Model TotemSKU: P1231This 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 of the raven’s eyes (at a 45-degree decline) and the red color of the killer whale’s body. This pole would have been carved for a curio shop by a ...
$500 - Nuu-chah-nulth Three Figure TotemSKU: P1230This 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 be seen on the steamship “Totem Route,” the Inside Passage tour that ran from Seattle to Skagway and back, were popular subjects for First Nations ...
$1,000 - Tseshaht First Nation Three Figure TotemSKU: P1060This model pole is from the Tseshaht First Nation, a Nuu-chah-nulth people from around Port Alberni, in the south-central portion of Vancouver Island. It features a thunderbird over a bear, with a killer whale on a figural frog base. The pole is painted in green, red, cream, and black and dates ...
$3,500 - Nuu-chah-nulth Model TotemSKU: O542An 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-nulth artist on Vancouver Island for a curio shop, possibly in Victoria or Seattle. The aged, red cedar surface of the pole has an excellent patina and ...
$500 - Pair of Tlingit Model TotemsSKU: O2122Tlingit culture is divided into two moieties, or groups: Eagles and Ravens. These groups, also called clans, are exogamous – which means they marry out to the other group – and are matrilineal, meaning they follow the group of their mother. This pair of poles are nearly identical, but the one on ...
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Native American Carvings & Totem Poles
Totem poles are carved and painted sculptures featuring designs that have spiritual significance to a specific family, clan, or tribe. Some totems were designed to watch over and protect while others showcased a family’s ancestry or social rank. Totem poles were specific to Northwest tribes such as the Tlingit, Haida, Bella Coola, Chinook, Tsimshian, and coastal Salish. Cisco’s collection of Native American totems features a variety of styles ranging in size from 8 inches to 16 feet.
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