248. Wooden Totem Pole

8" wooden totem, same style as 189. Missing 'Victoria' sticker from front of base. Slightly taller than 189, with some variations in carving and paint style, but same essential form. No makers marks

 

225. Resin Alaska Totem Pole

 8" high, no makers marks. Thunderbird headed, with stylised creatures below. Beneath Thunderbird, the figures are almost cartoonish and the first seems to have a snake around the neck, leading to a man holding a fish, a bird and an owl like figure on the base.

216. Bentwood Cedar Salmon Box

6" tall bentwood box. Solid cedar lid with hand painted depiction of a salmon around sides.

Signed in pencil on base "Salmon" and 'JNM' (?)  James Michels ?

See also No 186.

 http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/Tlingit/Salmon/kudatan.html

197. Nabisco Shredded Wheat 'Rin Tin Tin' Premium Totems

Corporal Boone and The Chief Shakes Totem Pole

Chief Cochise and the Beaver and Oyster Totem Pole

Major Swanson and the Sun and Raven Totem Pole

A set of 8 press out and foldable celluloid like plastic cereal premiums from circa 1958. Tying in with the Rin Tin Tin Television show and regular characters. Poles are roughly based on actual historic monumental structures.

 See 224 for Rip Masters totem

Sun and Raven Pole - Saxman Park

Haida Mortuary Pole Skidegate

One Legged Fisherman Pole

Chief Shakes Eldest Son Totem

Beaver and Oyster Totem Pole

189. Wooden Victoria Totem

Unusual wooden totem model, hand painted. Wooden base and what seems to be a dense wood totem, depicting bears and thunderbird. The topmost animal holds a salmon in its paws. Unmarked, but a small label sits on the front, slightly overpainted 'Victoria, Canada'

 Compare no 116, for coloration, also marked 'Victoria'

174. Pearlite Amber Resin Thunderbird

No makers marks, but same design as Pearlite Tribal No. 93 and similar in style and quality to amber Pearlite models such as No.23 or 75. 11" high Bear on lower portion, clutches fish or leaf, Killer Whale is carried aloft by Thunderbird with second spirit face on the chest area.

 

149. Miniature Boma Brown Painted Raven Totem

catalogue ref: 01-015

89. Pearlite Thunderbird and Bear Ornament

The lower bear figure clasps a man to her chest, this is indicative of the transformitive powers of the shaman, able to move from the human to animal form.

88. Pearlite Thunderbird Resin Ornament

87. Pearlite Squat Thunderbird Ornament

3" Pearlite, amber resin 

86. Pearlite Painted Thunderbird Ornament

 Pearlite, amber resin. 3.5"

85. Miniature Eagle Ornament

84. Pearlite Small Eagle Ornament

Amber resin, painted accents, Pearlite label

83. Miniature Thunderbird Painted Resin

3" wood effect resin, black with painted accents

47. Volcanic Ash Totem

 Totem made from Ash compound from Mt St Helens  Painted by author.

Before painting