A HAIDA ARGILLITE MODEL TOTEM POLE

Details
A HAIDA ARGILLITE MODEL TOTEM POLE
Of typical form, stacked totemic figures fully carved on three sides, the back side flat
11½in. (29.2cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, April 27, 1984, lot 78A

Lot Essay

Wright (1996) writes: "From top to bottom, this turn of the century pole has a Wasgo (Sea-Wolf) with its whale-like tail curled up above its wolf-like tail, holding a whale in its mouth and a whale-like head between its ears at the top. A hawk-like bird is in the middle, and a dogfish (shark) is at the bottom with its asymmetrical tail curled up. Two pectoral fin-like U forms are extending out of the dogfish's mouth."