Wonderful Old Hand-carved Polychrome Native American Totem Pole, 14 Inches traditional scandanavian with tiny tears to the

with tiny tears to the top right and bottom left corners

and nice heavy brass pins

Plenty of light scratching and some dark spots

Really a beautiful piece as well as a very usable one

Maybe it's me

Wonderful Old Hand-carved Polychrome Native American Totem Pole, 14 Inches traditional scandanavian with tiny tears to theI believe this beautiful carved and painted Pacific Northwest Native American totem pole is from the carved of pine, and likely dates from sometime between the 1920s and 40s. Made for the tourist trade, it is early examples like this that I keep an eye out for, which differ radically from newer examples, from the quality of the carving to the care taken with the painting, which has softened in color beautifully over the years. It may be that the base