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- Mowachaht/Nuu-chah-nulth TotemSKU: B0702Mowachaht/Nuu-chah-nulth “Seattle Pole” from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. This is a clean, bright model of the iconic “Seattle Totem” that stands in Pioneer Square in Seattle, WA. It was carved by a member of the Amos family, who carved for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in the first half of the 20th ...
$450 - 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 - 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 “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 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 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Coast Salish Model TotemSKU: AF0585This 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 original pole was installed in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle. Salish carvers did not traditionally make multi-figure totem poles, but tourist ...
$3,000 - Nu-chah-nulth Chief Shakes Model TotemSKU: H1251This 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 of how Raven stole the sun, moon and stars from his grandfather. It depicts, from top, Raven's grandfather in a woven hat, the box the sun was kept ...
$450 - Nuu-Chah-Nulth or Coast Salish TotemSKU: AF0806A 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 sun, moon, and stars from his grandfather and feature, from top, Grandfather Raven wearing a woven hat, the box of daylight, Mother Raven and Raven as ...
$9,000 - Northwest Coast TotemSKU: AH1774Northwest Coast Haida carved and polychrome totem pole. Depicts a bear and a wolf, flat back retaining its original printed descriptive label by Walter C. Waters, Bear Totem Store, Wrangell, Alaska, on its original black-painted wood base. Label reads "GRAVE TOTEM LEGENDS: This totem represents ...
$3,000 - 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 - Set of Three Coastal Salish TotemsSKU: AF0335Three coastal Salish carved totems from Southern Vancouver Island. Estimate circa 1900-20's. Includes a pair of structural house totems with notched tops for holding a beam. Each 10'4"H and a matching totem with eagle over a whale 9'11"H. Totems are just as they were collected still with lichens ...
$75,000 - Nuu-chah-nulth or Ditidaht TotemSKU: Z132This 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. Although this pole is indicated in pencil on the back to be of Tlingit origin, it is almost certainly the work of a Ditidaht artist from Vancouver ...
$1,500 - Inuit Walrus Ivory SealSKU: AH1264Inuit carved seal of walrus ivory. Smooth body with natural ivory colors of creams and browns. Baleen eyes and markings on face. Marked on bottom "Alaska Eskimo." These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit themselves, going about everyday ...
$350 - Large Coast Salish Totem PoleSKU: Q1247This large 5'1" five-figure pole would have been made by a Coast Salish artist (probably Squamish) in the 1960s. The pole was purchased and moved to Anchorage, Alaska, at some point and spent 35 years outside a pawn shop there. The pole features a thunderbird (missing wings – can be replaced), ...
$11,000 - 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 ...
$700 - 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 - Tlingit Kiks.adi Model TotemSKU: X607This 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.adi (Raven/Frog clan) of the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and adjacent British Columbia and Yukon Territory in Canada. The humanoid head at the ...
$1,200 - Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Totem by Raymond WilliamsSKU: Z129Chief Shakes Raven pole by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth artist Raymond Williams. This finely crafted model totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the father of the current generation of Williams carvers. It depicts an iteration of the Tlingit Chief Shakes pole of ...
$4,500 - Monumental Tlingit TotemSKU: AG1964Monumetal four figure Tlingit totem. 16'8" x 28" Base. Man holding woodpecker, bear with owl above surrounded by coppers, headdress and thunderbird on top. Private commission and carved in the Tlingit workshop, Alaska, by master carvers. Later to an estate in New York where it was never ...
$70,000 - Coast Salish Totem by Marlin AlphonseSKU: AF0810Coast Salish thunderbird and bear nodel totem pole by Marlin Alphonse. Marlin Alphonse is a Seattle-based Coast Salish artist who learned to carve from his relative, Gary Rice. Alphonse’s carving and painting style are very similar to Rice’s, particularly in the depth of his carving and color ...
$750 - Tlingit TotemSKU: AF0194ATlingit three figure totem pole. A Tlingit model pole that is a version of the Chief Kyan Totem Pole of Ketchikan, Alaska, featuring a Crane, Thunderbird, and Bear. The pole was carved by a member of the Marks Family of Tlingit carvers from Hoohah and Douglas Island, Alaska, and dates to the ...
$550 - Tsimshian Totem by Eli TaitSKU: AJ0767Tsimshian totem by Eli Tait (1872-1949). Signed. Eli was a well known Native carver who was among the original Tsimshian party that moved from British Columbia to Anette Island, Alaska, in 1887. Tait was a prolific and well-known carver who seems to have originated the "luck” style model poles ...
$1,200 - Tsimshian Totem by Eli TaitSKU: AJ0768Tsimshian totem by Eli Tait (1872-1949). Eli was a well known Native carver who was among the original Tsimshian party that moved from British Columbia to Anette Island, Alaska, in 1887. Tait was a prolific and well-known carver who seems to have originated the "luck” style model poles that ...
$800 - Tlingit Kiks.adi Model TotemSKU: AF0364This 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.adi (Raven/Frog clan) of the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and adjacent British Columbia and Yukon Territory in Canada. The humanoid head at the ...
$900 - Alaskan Carving SetSKU: K727Alaskan carving set with walrus ivory. Scrimshawed handles. One with polar bear after seal and the other with muskox and bull moose. Both signed W.Walluk. Marked stainless steel, Henley & Co. Germany. Almost unused condition. PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Germany, EuropeSIZE: Fork 11" ...
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