Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka decorative pillowcases brown for the mustache

brown for the mustache

I have not found another like her or been able to trace her maker

and hope it will again

and a sculptural piece of what I think is likely pink Jadeite

or a or most any room of a sunny cottage

Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka decorative pillowcases brown for the mustacheThe patina on this beautifully carved small totem pole is fantastic, and the painting really wonderful, done in a relatively reserved palette of red, blue and black, with pale yellow for the dots on the wings of the eagle and sides of the figure below. I am not at all an expert, but believe this is most likely by a Nootka (Nuu chah nulth) carver from the SW Coast of Vancouver Island, and mostly likely dates to the earlyish 20th century. Unsigned, but