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GEORGE (SIWIS) NELSON, Model Totem Pole, 1948

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GEORGE (SIWIS) NELSON, Model Totem Pole, 1948

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GEORGE (SIWIS) NELSON (1884-1969), KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW, QUATSINO, BC

Model Totem Pole,1948

polychromed wood, 25 x 13 x 5.75 in (63.5 x 33 x 14.6 cm)

signed, inscribed, and dated, "George Nelson / Quatsino 1948)

Provenance

A Vancouver Collection.

George Nelson was born in Quatsino, lived there his entire life, and enjoyed an artistic career that spanned more than four decades. Among his masterpieces are an impressive carved and painted house post from 1906, now on display at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, and a pair of Sea Lion house posts at Quattishe village on Quatsino Sound, also carved in 1906. This relatively large model pole by the artist is an outstanding example from late in his career, painted in classic red, green, and black pigments. The pole features a thunderbird; diving killer whale; a seal; and a bear eating a salmon.

Literature: For example of a wooden pole by George Nelson see Michael D. Hall and Pat Glascock, Carvings and Commerce: Model Totem Poles 1880-2010 (Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery / Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 2011), cat. 81.

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GEORGE (SIWIS) NELSON, Model Totem Pole, 1948

Name: GEORGE (SIWIS) NELSON, Model Totem Pole, 1948
SKU: 93198371
Price: 3000 CAD
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