Northwest Coast Polychrome Wood Model Totem Pole

of convex section, carved with a raven holding a frog its beak, surmounted in turn by a human figure holding a ringed creature, possibly a worm, in its hands, and another figure flanked by similar worm-like creatures, painted details in red, turquoise and black.

Collected by Colonel Thorton Rogers (1876-1937) between 1926-1927 while he was the commanding officer of the Chilkoot Barracks in Haines, Alaska

Sold Sotheby's New York, December 1993, lot 193

Acquired from Christie's New York, November 1995, lot 281 

Very good overall condition.
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