Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka decorative pillowcases a hole for a thimble

a hole for a thimble on top of the tail

and a sculptural piece of what I think is likely pink Jadeite

a member of the Sioux tribe who worked at Sioux Pottery in Rapid City

The faces remind me of the work of Howard Finster--I think it's the noses turning into eye brows

Wonderful Old Native American Carved Polychrome Totem Pole, Presumed Nootka decorative pillowcases a hole for a thimbleThe patina on this beautifully carved small totem pole is fantastic, and the painting really wonderful, done in a relatively reserved palette of red, blue and black, with pale yellow for the dots on the wings of the eagle and sides of the figure below. I am not at all an expert, but believe this is most likely by a Nootka (Nuu chah nulth) carver from the SW Coast of Vancouver Island, and mostly likely dates to the earlyish 20th century. Unsigned, but