Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka turned box PA Opera House

PA Opera House

The lacquer is in excellent condition

Such great little bright eyed

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lushness and boldness

Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka turned box PA Opera HouseThe 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