Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016

Lot 64

Six North West Coast totem poles carved wood

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400

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Description

Six North West Coast totem poles

carved wood, with figures, eagles, a whale, a frog and a bear, one with polychrome decoration, one base inscribed Made by Luke Nelson (Chief) of Kincolith on Nass River Canada BC,

27cm - 37cm high. (6)

Provenance

Collected by E A Peake after emigrating to Canada in the mid 1920's and subsequently sent back to family in the UK.