Large North American Hadia or Tilngit Tribes Painted Wooden Totem Pole Model

19TH CENTURY A.D.

55 1/2 in. (9.25 kg, 141 cm).

Modelled in half-round with a carved eagle perched at the top, below an animal with a long tongue and ears, an anthropomorphic figure holding a frog and a raven at the bottom; green and yellow pigment on the surface.

Provenance

From an unidentified artist, N.W. Canada.
Ex Bonhams, Native American Art, 11 December 2018, Lot 402.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Literature

See The British Museum, museum number Am1987,Q.2.

CONDITION

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LOT 2500