Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka decorative pillowcases The wood is worn and

The wood is worn and aged

I have not found another like her or been able to trace her maker

a member of the Sioux tribe who worked at Sioux Pottery in Rapid City

I find this tall

Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka decorative pillowcases The wood is worn andThe 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