1932 Alaskan Native American Carved Polychrome Souvenir Totem Pole hook tool for someone or something that

for someone or something that might never arrive

A few dings to the surface of the balls on the ends

and what a great one

half white ears

I especially love the very narrow neck between box and base and the unusual diamond-shaped details on each side which combines stacked layers with chip-carved strips turned on their sides

1932 Alaskan Native American Carved Polychrome Souvenir Totem Pole hook tool for someone or something thatIf you look very closely, you will see that ALASKA is painting across the front of the red section of this base on this Native American made souvenir totem pole, either Tlingit and Haida, dated 1932 on the underside. It is increasingly hard to find older ones like this, and it's a really good one I think, nicely carved and wonderfully painted, with great alligatoring to the paint now. I believe at top is an owl, with these terrifically colorful wings,