243. Cherilea Toy Totem Pole

1960's toy totem made by Cherilea for the toy soldier/western figure market. 3" high, in four segmented sections allowing the pole to be extended or swapped around. Entirely imaginary design, made to compete with other toy lines such as Britains, Marx and Timpo. See no. 97, 60

 

226. Playmobil Single Piece Casting

Single section casting of early totem pole design. Eagle motif sits atop wild man or giant, clasping a large salmon, with the head of a whale at the base. See also No. 33 for later modular totems and a painted version completed by the author.

 

202. Schleich Plastic Toy Totem

10 inch  toy totem pole, made of hard plastic by Schleich. Hand painted in muted tones. Probably depicting Thunderbird, Beaver and Bear on the bottom. Slightly stylised, but following general art conventions.

153. Kelloggs Totem Tribe Cereal Premiums

  Partial set of original releases

 Mexican re-issues painted by author


Partial Set of smaller unknown maker copies

Gumball Machine card courtesy of Ebay

Latest original pieces - These models represent the origin of my fascination with totem poles, as they appeared in cereals about the time I was 8 years old and was collecting rubber monsters and space toys. The scary faces fitted right in with my other toys and would resurface many decades later when I received my first Boma model pole, No. 141.

98. Black Plastic Toy Totem

Black plastic totem from Disney Peter Pan playset, 4" painted by author

97. Brass Britains Copy

 Brass copy of Britains Herald model (No.48)  No makers mark, 3 "

96. Miniature Toy Eagle Totem

 Unbranded toy totem from playset. 2" high

94. Madelman Action Figure Totem

Made from plastic, mid 1970's for Madelman Action figure line.

71. Elastolin Toy Composite Totem

Elastolin composite totem 6"

67. DIY Totem Model

Nylon segmented DIY Totem from childrens book project

66. Papo Toy Totem

Papo  Plastic Totem 6"

64. Kinder Toy Totem

Kinder Surprise  Plastic 8 pieces

63. Chinese Toy Totem

Hong Kong copy of Timpo original. Plastic.

62. Marx Toy Totem

Marx design. Plastic

61. Plastic Toy Totem

Plastic unidentified maker - based on earlier Marx release

60. Timpo Toy Totem

Timpo Toys Plastic

59. Britains Plastic Toy Totem

Plastic Britains 1970's Model

58. Blue Plastic Toy Totem

Plastic Unidentified maker

48. Britains Herald Model Totem

 Britains Herald Model Totem 1969 painted by authors father

 Recent Hong Kong copies

Brown plastic version, no visible TM. April 2023. Clean and sharp casting.