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PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. CARVED ARGILLITE TOTEM POLE MODEL IS AFFIXED TO SQUARE BLACK WOODEN BASE. TOTEM POLE'S FRONT SIDE HAS CARVED HEAD MOTIFS BASED ON THE FORMLINE SYSTEM (PAGES 606-607, HANDBOOK OF N. AM. INDIANS, VOL. 7, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1990). FROM TOP: CROWNED HUMAN HEAD, BIRD'S HEAD HOLDING SOMETHING IN ITS BEAK; ANOTHER BIRD'S HEAD W/ WINGS FOLDED IN FRONT; FISH HOLDING ANOTHER FISH IN ITS MOUTH. FLAT BACK SIDE HAS 3 LABELS: 1) "INDIAN (AMERICAN), TOTEM POLE (BRITISH COLUMBIA), CARVED STONE, 10" HGT, T, S 399.75, 99." 2) "H STADTHAGEN, THE INDIAN TRADER, 79 JOHNSON ST. VICTORIA BC, 10 INCH." 3) "TOTEM POLS ( ) GENIALOGIQUE PROVENANT DE LA TRIBE INDIGENIQUE HAIDATI - ILE DE LA REINE CHARLOTTE (COLOMBIE BRITANNIQUE) PAR LES DU COLONEL GREGORY AGENT CONSULAIR DE FRANCE A VICTORIA." BASE BOTTOM IS LINED W/ GREEN FELT & HAS 2 HANDWRITTEN LABELS: "S.399.75" ON TOP OF A PIECE OF MASKING TAPE (HAS ILLEGIBLE WRITING). CONDITION: LONG CRACK RUNNING LENGTHWISE ON THE BACK. PREVIOUS BREAKAGE & SUBSEQUENT REPAIR. ARGILLITE TRADE WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE DECORATIVE SOUVERNIRS MARKET. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PGS 256, 609 IN HANDBOOK.