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Model Totem Pole
attributed to Zacherias Nicholas (b. 1862 d. unknown), Master of the Chicago Settee
Haida
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
Haida
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
late 19th / early 20th century
wood, paint
height: 26 ¾"
Inventory # N3729
Sold
PROVENANCE
Cowan’s, Cincinnati, OH, September 10, 2010, lot 77
RELATED EXAMPLES
For a similar example formerly in the Heye Foundation collected by George T. Emmons (see: Sotheby’s 2004, pg. 21)
University of British Columbia, Museum of Anthropology, Walter C. Koerner Collection, Nos. A2529 and A2530
Field Museum, Chicago, IL, No. 17820 - See: Wright, Robin K. Zacherias and the Chicago Settee: Connection the Masterpiece to the Master. American Indian Art Magazine, 2009, 35(1), pgs. 68-75, for a mortuary pole by the same artist