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1940s Pacific Northwest Coast Painted Cedar Totem Pole
1940s Pacific Northwest Coast Painted Cedar Totem Pole
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Description
Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, likely Tlingit or Haida, ca. 1940's. A hand-carved cedar wood miniature totem pole with the iconic formline style zoomorphic and anthropomorphic beings. Some identifiable creatures are birds including a thunderbird (eagle) at the top, an orca with a circular face just before the fin, and a bear or human grasping a fish. To the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, the thunderbird represents power, strength, and protection. Size: 2.25" W x 11.75" H (5.7 cm x 29.8 cm)

Provenance: ex-Appleby International Art, Escondido, California, USA

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#174926
Condition
Chips and abrasions to high pointed areas and fading to painted pigments, otherwise intact and very good.
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1940s Pacific Northwest Coast Painted Cedar Totem Pole

Estimate $500 - $750
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Starting Price $250
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