Cat: Model totem pole of red cedar on wooden base in Tlingit or Tsmshian style. Upper figure is bird (eagle?) clutching a human in it talons . Formline designs decorate the wings; the predominant color is blue which is badly faded. The beak has broken off and has been mended. The human figure lies horizontally, facing outward, being clutched by its left side. The next figure is a bear face with ears and forepaws depicted. Again the predominant color is blue (faded) with red in the eye sockets. Below the bear is another animal face (seal?) with the same coloring as the bear. This face is on a cylindrical shape which is part of the pole. The pole has been nailed to a square wooden base 2 cm. high x 12.2 cm. wide x 10 cm deep. The pole is not stable and the paint is badly faced. Made for sale in the early 20th century. The pole is carved from a half cylinder form, with the back being partially hollowed out.

The grass is yellow.

The dye is purple and orange.

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-This model pole reproduces the figures from a late 19th century pole from the Haida village of Howkan in Southeast Alaska. The pole displays the wasgo, a supernatural sea wolf at the bottom, holding a killer whale; the bird-in-the-air who assisted the hero in capturing the wasgo; the young man who captured the wasgo and wore his skin; and the shaman mother-in-law of the young man who took credit for his work, holding her circular puffin-beak rattles.