Native American Totem Poles

Alaskan cedar totem pole hand-carved with the iconic formline style zoomorphic and anthropomorphic beings. Varnished and painted in hues of yellow,...

Northwest carved totem match holder carved in the shape of an owl. Not Native American carved.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, United Sta...

Northwest totem with whale, man figure (possibly prominent individual within the tribe or society where the hands are shown in a holding position w...

Northwest wall totem. "This family valued the raising of children above all else. The bear mother represents defending her children ferociously aga...

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...

Six-figure totem with thunderbird at top - just under 12 ft. Original paint; est. last qtr. 19th cty. Collected by Marilyn Carter, author of Legend...

Alaskan black diamond hand carved totem pole from Alaskan Native yellow cedar. Not Native carved but remains highly collectible. Features motif fro...

Alaskan black diamond hand carved totem pole from Alaskan yellow cedar. Not Native carved. Made for and marketed in a souvenir shop in Ketchikan, A...

13'2" totem by Don Colp. Inside or outside. Born in Alberta, Canada in 1932, Don Colp grew up on a farm with his parents and four younger brothers....

Tlingit three figure totem pole. A Tlingit model pole that is a version of the Chief Kyan Totem Pole of Ketchikan, Alaska, featuring a Crane, Thund...

A Squamish/Coast Salish pole that depicts an Eagle over a Human and Bear. This pole dates to the 1950s or 1960s and reflects a period when Squamish...

This pole is almost certainly the work of Quatsino Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist Robert Fuller. It features a thunderbird over bear eating a salmon. Fulle...

Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Thunderbird Model Pole by Ray Williams.A smaller model pole by Ditidaht master carver Ray Williams (ca. 1933-1988) that fea...

Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-Nulth multi-figure model pole by the late John T. Williams. This pole is deeply carved and brightly painted in the Williams famil...

Coast Salish multifigure model totem pole. An earlier Coast Salish model pole that features a bear, raven, frog, and anthropomorphic head on cedar...

A large pair of model poles that depict the Tlingit Chief Shakes Raven pole of Wrangell, Alaska. The poles tell the story of how Raven stole the su...

Nuu-chah-nulth/Ditidaht two-figure model totem pole. A well-carved Nuu-chah-nulth/Ditidaht model pole that features a Thunderbird with anthropomorp...

An elegant four-figure model pole created by a Tlingit artist sometime around 1900. This pole features an anthropomorphic bear head over a frog, ra...

Northwest Coast Nuu-chah-Nulth two-figure totem pole. A two-figure model pole that features a Raven over an inverted Killer Whale. This pole featur...

Northwest Coast model totem pole, possibly Nuu-chah-nulth. An unusual, single-figure pole on a large, cylindrical base. The humanoid figure on this...

Coast Salish Model Pole from the Coqualeetza Indian School by Wesley Dick. A well-carved and painted model pole that was created as part of the Coq...

Coast Salish thunderbird and bear nodel totem pole by Marlin Alphonse. Marlin Alphonse is a Seattle-based Coast Salish artist who learned to carve ...

Coast Salish or Nuu-chah-nulth three-figure totem pole. An earlier Coast Salish or Nuu-chah-nulth model pole that depicts a perched bird, perhaps a...

Coast Salish of Nuu-chah-nulth two-figure totem pole. An older two-figure model pole that depicts a bird with a large crest and an anthropomorphize...

Northwest multi figure totem of white cedar. Mounted on a more modern base. This one shows much use and handling. May have been a Native used piece...

This model totem pole is a Nuu-chah-nulth interpretation of the iconic Tlingit Chief Shake's Raven Pole of Wrangell, Alaska. The pole tells a story...

Monumetal four figure Tlingit totem. 16'8" x 28" Base. Man holding woodpecker, bear with owl above surrounded by coppers, headdress and thunde...

Simon Charlie "pole of wealth". Carved in Duncan, BC 1958 for Patrick Pryor who is in the timber business. Compared to the "pole of wealth" in Dunc...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...