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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 12024113, member: 301&quot;]Well........ it&#039;s out of Alaska..</p><p>Mid grade tourist item..</p><p>the basic shape is very loosely based on the Chief Shakes pole....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Tlingit_totem_pole_in_front_of_Chief_Shake's_house,_Fort_Wrangell,_1895_(AL+CA_1312).jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...which was a mainstay for tourist shop carvings of model poles since it was raised&nbsp; in 1895....</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d guesstimate .... 1940 to 1950.... as a lot of US military in Alaska at that time drove the market...... and&nbsp; artists of this caliber were banging them out to help put food on the table... without addressing the proper form line designs to go with the crest figures .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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