Wonderful Old Hand-carved Polychrome Native American Totem Pole, 14 Inches wood and fabric Carved into the left side

Carved into the left side of the front with thumb hole at top is LMR 1897

It's best sized for a small hand

simply decorated in orange

and can be seen up the exterior side if one looks for it

with some age on it I believe

Wonderful Old Hand-carved Polychrome Native American Totem Pole, 14 Inches wood and fabric Carved into the left sideI 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