Nice Vintage Northwest Coast Native Hand-carved Model Totem Pole Clare Leighton signed print Shipped flat

Shipped flat

This interlocking design is rendered in black on the top and sides of the box's lid against an allover field of incised pin-prick like marks

and a patriotic one

but surely appreciate the effort

Nice Vintage Northwest Coast Native Hand-carved Model Totem Pole Clare Leighton signed print Shipped flatI always have an eye out for good model totem poles, Native American and otherwise, this obviously the former, Northwest Coast. Very nicely caved, with great warm patina to the pine and terrific color to the paint, I believe it likely dates to the 1940s or so, and represents an eagle on top and bear on the bottom. 8 5 8 t x 6 across at wings x 2 d (base) and in good condition. There is a patch of loss the bark on the base, which can be rotated in