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CAPTAIN ANDREW BROWN ARGILLITE TOTEM POLE

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6.75" TALL. FAINT B SCRATCHED ON BASE. FRACTURE LINES NOTED. UNSIGNED. "THIS HAIDA ARGILLITE TOTEM POLE WAS PART OF A SMALL CACHE RECENTLY FOUND IN PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. THIS IS A CLASSIC CIRCA 1930 MUSEUM QUALITY POLE BY A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND HARD TO FIND CARVER. A MUST HAVE ITEM FOR ANY COLLECTOR OF NORTH WEST COAST INDIAN ART OR FOLK ART. ARGILLITE IS THE BLACK SLATE LIKE STONE FOUND ONLY IN THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS OFF BRITISH COLUMBIA. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT OUR OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE THAN 40 OTHER HAIDA ARGILLITE PIECES BY THIS CARVER AND OTHER NOTED INDIVIDUALS.

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