Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka turned box 1950s pastel drawings by Tatiana

1950s pastel drawings by Tatiana McKinney (1909-2008) I have in the shop--and they are both truly luminous

The lacquer is in excellent condition

including that "the cigars herein contained were manufactured to retail at more than five cents each and not more than eight cents

PA Opera House

Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka turned box 1950s pastel drawings by TatianaThe 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