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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 242074, member: 301&quot;]All-Fakes could have a better take on this nice sized, vintage tourist pole.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s nothing wrong with the bears feet....he was just poorly reattached to the frog base at one time.</p><p>The Thunderbird&#039;s wing chip....minor...to inconsequential....!</p><p>The frog on the base...with a minor chip....is put there because frogs are stable low to the ground, and don&#039;t fall over much !!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I see this as a generic , possibly circa 1940&#039;s..to .early 50&#039;s ....as there&#039;s no recognizable formline design to the painting....and the forms carved in such a soft flowing manner speak to the artist not having seen a real pole for a long time...and working from a past memory.</p><p>The dots and frog base I see as Northern, while the green masking, large wingspan, and stylized bears nose look to be Kwakiutl in nature.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f9/0f/32/f90f32cd97b7cf8038b5316722aa2fb6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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