Large Totem Pole by Ernie Henderson

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• Nation: Kwakwaka' wakw art, Kwakiutl art, native artists Vancouver Island
• Artist: Henderson, Ernie
• Type: Totem

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Incredible piece - Check out the details in the carving...

Large Totem Pole, showing the Eagle on top of the Bear over Man on base, by the late Ernie Henderson

Hand carved out of solid yellow cedar, hand painted in very clean lines, very deep cuts, clean, highly decorative and impressive. Estimated age: 1950's

Measurements: 31" tall !!!, 4" x 3" pole, 14" wingspan, the base is 9" x 8" (79 x 10 x 8 cm, 36 cm wingspan, base 23 x 20 cm)

appros. $1,175 USD depending on exchange rate at date of sale

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About This Artist

The late Ernie Henderson, a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations (Laichwiltach/Nakwaxda’x culture) and the son of Chief Sam Henderson who was regarded amongst the chiefs to be a keeper of the culture, raised in the old potlatch...Artist bio and other available works »