SHADOWS OF THE THUNDERBIRD

238. Tsimshian Chief Johnson Pole

Light wooden carving of Tsimshian style pole, depicting the Chief Johnson monument in Ketchican Alaska.

12" high, hand painted and modelled in four pieces.

237. Kelloggs Totem Tribe

EAGLE BEAK

OWL EYES

JUG EARS

HAPPY HANDS

DRAGON TOOTH

BONE HEAD

BIG FOOT

HAIRY WATHA (Reproduction)

Designed by Donald M. McClean for R&L plastics in Australia, for inclusion in Kelloggs cereal circa 1970. Issued in Sugar Smacks in the U.K as 'Funny Uglies'

See No.153 for further info

Listing from Craig Hall's book about Rosenhain and Lippmann 'Breakfast Barons' which shows a suggested inspiration for the designs.

236. Black Resin Thunderbird with Wings

Striking model of Thunderbird with wings opening as if ready to fly. No makers mark, sticker on rear. Slight repair to one ear.4” high

235. Miniature Black Thunderbird Totem

Small black resin piece, no makers marks. Possibly Boma or Pearlite. 2” high See 148. For similarities.

234. Boma Resin Trinket Box

Red resin Trinket Box from Boma. Cast with sea monster motif on the lid and pod of whales circling the outer edge of the box.

The piece is marked 'Boma' in the usual fashion, as part of the casting and has an adhesive label on the base, but also includes a small glyph as part of the design. Artists logo perhaps? Glyph does not appear on most other Boma products and does not look like a first nations style. Glyph can be seen on N0.68 Mustard Bowl, which uses the same design.

233. Wooden Thunderbird by Kiana

7 " high carved wooden piece, signed Kiana. Compact and precisely carved, with traditional motifs. Age uncertain.

232. Boma Seal Shaped Grease Bowl

Large 7” long resin cast bowl with ceramic style liner. Made by Boma inTsimshian style.

Representing a seal with flippers and flat tail.

231. Boma Resin Feast Bowl with Bear

Large (6" diameter) Bowl by Boma. Cast in black resin, with sea green interior glaze.

uter design is a recumbent Bear with clawed forepaws. Above the nose is a vertical section representing a hat with three rings to show the owners high status.

Design is probably modelled after a traditional potlatch or food bowl.

230. Danny Joseph Carved Raven

Hand carved sculpture of 'Raven' by Danny Joseph.

Signed on the base, but with name obscured at some point. Name still visible beneath marker pen, after cleaning.

Danny Joseph of Kwakiutl tribe, also created item No. 205.

229. Contemporary Formline Design Wallets

Contemporary wallet with Skull and Crane motif, designed by James Johnson, great grandson of Tlingit Chief Jimmy Johnson, from whom he learned his craft.

See No. 7 for carving by Jimmy John.

Scarlet Salmon motif coin purse by Gitksan nation artist Jamie Sterritt, a member of the Kispiox clan from the Skeena River area.

228. Quaker Sgt Preston Mail Away Totem Set

A set of five clay composite poles, hand painted and varnished, given away in 1952 as a mail away premium with Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice, in association with the popular tv series Sgt Preston of the Yukon.

Although not specifically mentioned in connection with the series, each of the poles are based on actual monuments in the area.

The original mailer includes the card insert and instruction leaflet, with a brief description of each pole.

THUNDERBIRD

Thunderbird sits atop a Beaver representing the Basket Bay Tlingit Clan and the marriage between them and the Kata clan, shown by the Bear on the lowest position.

THE FIGHT WITH
THE LAND OTTERS

This totem represents two legends, a fight between Raven and a Bullhead fish and the abduction of four boys by a tribe of Otters and the subsequent fight to rescue them.

BURIAL (MORTUARY) POLE

This type of pole contained the remnants of a high status persons burial. This one contained the bones and ashes of Chief Ske-Dans of Skidegate on the Queen Charlotte Islands. The rectangular header contains a mortuary box to hold the remains. The Moon is the chiefs personal emblem, the Mountain Goat his mothers and the Grizzly Bear at the base, his fathers tribe.