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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 16300, member: 55&quot;]The narrowness of the figures (narrower side-to-side than front-to-back) is quite distinctive, and is indicative of the work of the Rudolph family from Angoon.</p><p>Here&#039;s a photo of James Rudoph: <a href="http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg21/id/1601/rec/1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg21/id/1601/rec/1" rel="nofollow">http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg21/id/1601/rec/1</a></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; They are Tlingits.&nbsp; This totem probably dates to somewhere around 1920-1930, would be my guess. </p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; As mentioned, when it comes to carvings for souvenir sale, the traditional colors are less important than other details; and identification of the tribes and carvers is not something that can be gleaned from the Internet.</p><p>The books mentioned by Taupou are a good staring place; but nothing beats hanging out at the musems mentioned, becoming friends with the curators, attending all their lectures and exhibits; after 15-20 years of this, one may begin to have some knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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