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A NORTHWEST COAST POLYCHROME WOOD MODEL TOTEM POLE
of semi-circular section with flat back, carved top and bottom with bear figures, each with wide dentated mouths and frontal paws, central avian figure with downward turned beak, speckled breast, and frontal talons, painted with red and black formline accented with greenish-blue, signed on back, James Rudolph and Ella Smith 1920
Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
of semi-circular section with flat back, carved top and bottom with bear figures, each with wide dentated mouths and frontal paws, central avian figure with downward turned beak, speckled breast, and frontal talons, painted with red and black formline accented with greenish-blue, signed on back, James Rudolph and Ella Smith 1920
Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)