- 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 ...
$7,500 - Nuu-chah-nulth Chief Shakes TotemSKU: O2031This model pole is a Nuu-chah-nulth interpretation of the Tlingit Chief Shakes Raven Totem of Wrangell, Alaska. The original, full-sized pole tells the story of the story of how Raven stole the sun, moon, and stars from his Grandfather at the headwaters of the Nass River. 16" PERIOD: Mid 20th ...
$2,000 - Pair of Nuu-chah-nulth Model TotemsSKU: O2030This matched pair of Nuu-chah-nulth model poles each feature thunderbirds, wolves, lightning snakes and eagles. The poles are nearly identical and vary only in minute details and color choices. The thunderbirds surmounting each pole have wings individually pegged-in, giving the poles a much more ...
$8,000 - Tsimshian “Good Luck” Totem by George Mather Sr.SKU: O1024Tsimshian “Good Luck” Totem Pole carved by George Mather Sr. (1918-1990). The “good luck” totem was a design that was created by the Tsimshian artists of New Metlakatla, Alaska. It features an eagle, flipped over salmon, bear, and human. According to Eli Tait, the likely inventor of the “good ...
$2,500 - Nuu-chah-nulth Three Figure TotemSKU: O1018This Nuu-chah-nulth model pole features a fantastic, glossy paint job that is eye-catching and unique. The painting is crisp and precise, and really sets this pole apart. The top figure is eagle (or possibly another raptor) over an inverted killer whale and a bear. The killer whale has a face ...
$3,500 - Nuu-chah-nulth Chief Shakes Raven Totem by Amos FamilySKU: M100AThis model pole is carved in yellow cedar and depicts a truncated version of the Tlingit Chief Shakes Totem from Wrangell, Alaska. It was created by a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Amos family of carvers who worked for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in the mid-20th century. Although the Amos family were ...
$750 - Tsimshian Three Figure Totem by Frederick AlexceeSKU: L783Tsimshian three figure pole by noted artist Frederick Alexcee. This model pole was carved in red cedar by noted Tsimshian/Iroquois artist Frederick Alexcee (ca. 1853-1940). Alexcee was a multidisciplinary artist who was a prolific carver and whose painting influenced Canadian artist Emily Carr. ...
$1,500 - Ojibwe Three Figure TotemSKU: KK0732This 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 artist for sale to tourists. Although totem poles were not historically made by Indigenous peoples outside of the northern Northwest Coast, by the ...
$500 - Coast Salish Thunderbird and Bear TotemSKU: KK0630This brightly painted model pole depicts a thunderbird over a bear and was created in 1969 by a Coast Salish artist, probably in British Columbia. The pole is simply carved but sports an elaborate painting design in old original paints. 10 1/2" x 8" PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - ...
$450 - Large Folk Art Outsider Art TotemSKU: KK0602This 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 interpretation of one of the iconic Thunderbird Totem Poles of Alert Bay. The painting on the wings is bold in yellow and red, and the designs are ...
$3,500 - Multi-figure Nuu-chah-nulth TotemSKU: KK0595This 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 primitive folk-art style that is correct for the period. The imagery on this pole is quite fascinating and includes a large bird whose wings form the ...
$9,000 - Tsimshian Chief Johnson Totem by Conrad MatherSKU: KK0405This 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 the bottom and the Kadjuuk bird as a finial on the top. This was likely carved by Conrad Mather, of the Mather family of Tsimshian carvers from New ...
$550 - Tlingit TotemSKU: K1828An 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 beautifully and features original red and black paint with a very mellow lighter blue/green. The unusual carving on the faces of the figures may help ...
$750 - Coast Salish Five Figure Thunderbird TotemSKU: J1500This model pole was carved by a Coast Salish artist in British Columbia sometime in the 1950s or 1960s. It features a thunderbird over an inverted whale, bear, songbird (robin?), and an unidentified humanoid face. This pole is intricately carved and painted and packs a lot of figures into a ...
$500 - Coast Salish Model of Chief Shakes TotemSKU: G1641This is a truncated Coast Salish iteration of the Tlingit Chief Shakes Raven Pole of Wrangell, Alaska, dating to the 1930s. On the top of the pole is Raven’s grandfather in his chiefly hat, below him is the box of daylight, then Raven’s mother, and at the base a human being with a dagger. This ...
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