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ITEM NUMBER: Z859
Coast Salish Model Totem from the Hudson Bay Fur Co.
$2,500
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Coast Salish Model Totem from the Hudson Bay Fur Co. (c. 1910) 17"H
The Hudson Bay Fur Co. (not to be confused with the unrelated Hudson’s Bay Company of Canada) was an early 20th century curio shop and furrier on the Seattle waterfront that directly competed with the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (YOCS).
Because the Hudson Bay Fur Co. was only open in the first part of the 20th century, objects from this shop are rare and highly sought after by collectors. Much like totem poles from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Hudson Bay totems will often have paper labels or stickers that identify them as originating with the store.
This larger multi-figure Coast Salish pole features a Raven, diving Killer Whale, and two Human faces or masks stacked on top of each other and mounted on a handmade base. The pole is carved in red cedar and painted in black, green, yellow, brown, and red. Although this pole is clearly carved by a local Puget Sound Coast Salish artist, it heavily references the Tlingit “Seattle Totem” in Pioneer Square in both composition and form, particularly the Raven and Killer Whale.
There is a blue and white paper label fragment on the verso that identifies it as a Hudson Bay Fur totem. An excellent and early Coast Salish model totem pole.
The Hudson Bay Fur Co. (not to be confused with the unrelated Hudson’s Bay Company of Canada) was an early 20th century curio shop and furrier on the Seattle waterfront that directly competed with the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (YOCS).
Because the Hudson Bay Fur Co. was only open in the first part of the 20th century, objects from this shop are rare and highly sought after by collectors. Much like totem poles from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Hudson Bay totems will often have paper labels or stickers that identify them as originating with the store.
This larger multi-figure Coast Salish pole features a Raven, diving Killer Whale, and two Human faces or masks stacked on top of each other and mounted on a handmade base. The pole is carved in red cedar and painted in black, green, yellow, brown, and red. Although this pole is clearly carved by a local Puget Sound Coast Salish artist, it heavily references the Tlingit “Seattle Totem” in Pioneer Square in both composition and form, particularly the Raven and Killer Whale.
There is a blue and white paper label fragment on the verso that identifies it as a Hudson Bay Fur totem. An excellent and early Coast Salish model totem pole.
PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Salish, Native American
SIZE: 17" height
