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Lot 339

A Trio of Northwest Coast Carved Bone Miniature Totem Poles

Estimate: $20 - $10,000

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A trio of miniature totem poles carved from bone, featuring traditional Northwest Coast Indigenous motifs and iconography. The sculptures represent stylized zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures including thunderbirds, bears, and fish. The central pole is the largest, depicting an avian head with outspread wings and a fish figure on the torso. One flanking pole features a bird with pointed ears and wings atop stacked figures, while the other pole displays four tiers of stacked faces. All three pieces are decorated with black, red, and yellow-green polychrome pigments and are each mounted on a rectangular stepped bone base. The carving style and polychrome application are characteristic of mid-20th century Northwest Coast Indigenous tourist and trade art.

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