1923 - 1998
Canadian Indigenous
Totem Pole
argillite sculpture with abalone inlay
signed and inscribed "Eagle, Sea Wolf Holding Two Whales, Raven Holding Beaverhouse, Human Face, Beaver, Human Face"
36 x 6 x 7 1/2 in, 91.4 x 15.2 x 19 cm
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000 CAD
Sold for: $35,400
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Calgary
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 27, 2004, lot 142
Peter and Joanne Brown Collection, Vancouver
Rufus Moody was a Haida carver from Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, and is the son of noted carver Arthur Moody. This form of argillite, a slate-like stone, is found in only one place in the world - on reserve land near Skidegate - and its use is restricted by law to only the Haida. Moody was known to have gone on expeditions to extract argillite from the deposits there.
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000 CAD
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