Description |
Small totem pole depicting four main figures that are carved in low relief and painted in blue, green, red, and black; Back of pole is hollowed out and left unpainted; Bottom figure: wolf or bear (?), teeth bared downwards, hind legs missing, with raven (?) head at its feet; Second figure from bottom: wolf or bear (?), teeth bared straight ahead, clutching downward-facing small mammal (?); A man's head appears between the wolf's (?) ears and man's arms are contained within its ears; Third figure from bottom: bear (?) holding a downward-facing frog in its mouth; Top figure: man holding downward-facing seal by its rear flippers, with a frog (?) on the man's head; Top figure of man has his feet in the ears of the figure directly below him. |