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A KWAKIUTL POLYCHROME WOOD MODEL TOTEM POLE
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A KWAKIUTL POLYCHROME WOOD MODEL TOTEM POLE
carved of yellow cedar and painted in red, green and black pigments, with a killer whale at the base, its wing-like fins carved separately and inserted on either side of the body, its tail painted with a maskette, surmounted by a human figure, probably a chief, and in turn, by a sea monster, with a spread-winged thunderbird at top, its wings carved separately and inserted at the sides, its breast painted with a bear crest, mounted on a beveled base and signed on the back, Charlie James Yakuglas
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)
carved of yellow cedar and painted in red, green and black pigments, with a killer whale at the base, its wing-like fins carved separately and inserted on either side of the body, its tail painted with a maskette, surmounted by a human figure, probably a chief, and in turn, by a sea monster, with a spread-winged thunderbird at top, its wings carved separately and inserted at the sides, its breast painted with a bear crest, mounted on a beveled base and signed on the back, Charlie James Yakuglas
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)