Tlingit, Northwest Coast
Circa 1920s
Wood, pigment
Height 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm)
Provenance: Old Curio Shop, Seattle, Washington (reported)
Model totem poles produced on the Northwest Coast in the 1920s occupy a distinct place in the collecting history of the region, made at a time when Tlingit carvers were responding to sustained demand from the curio and tourist trade while working within an unbroken tradition of figural carving. At 22 1/2 inches this example reads as a display object rather than a small souvenir, with stacked figural imagery consistent with Northwest Coast formal conventions. The reported Old Curio Shop provenance in Seattle places the piece within the early Pacific Northwest market for regional material.
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Tlingit, Northwest Coast
Circa 1920s
Wood, pigment
Height 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm)
Provenance: Old Curio Shop, Seattle, Washington (reported)
Model totem poles produced on the Northwest Coast in the 1920s occupy a distinct place in the collecting history of the region, made at a time when Tlingit carvers were responding to sustained demand from the curio and tourist trade while working within an unbroken tradition of figural carving. At 22 1/2 inches this example reads as a display object rather than a small souvenir, with stacked figural imagery consistent with Northwest Coast formal conventions. The reported Old Curio Shop provenance in Seattle places the piece within the early Pacific Northwest market for regional material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
