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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, HAIDA, Model Totem Pole
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, HAIDA, Model Totem Pole
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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, HAIDA

Model Totem Pole

argillite, 11.75 x 2.75 x 2.625 in (30 x 7 x 6.6 cm)

unsigned.

Provenance

Private Collection, U.K.;

Acquired in London, England by the present Vancouver Collection, 2006.

This excellent model totem features well-carved, fairly complex imagery. Carved in a distinctive style, and quite distinctly from one another, the figures featured in this pole (from the top) are: an eagle or raven; a diving whale; a beaver; and a bear holding its cub.

Literature: For a discussion model poles of this period see Peter L. Macnair and Alan J. Hoover, The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving (Victoria: Royal BC Museum, 1984/2002), pp. 127-138.
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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, HAIDA, Model Totem Pole

Estimate CA$5,000 - CA$8,000
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Starting Price CA$2,600
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