Nice Vintage Northwest Coast Native Hand-carved Model Totem Pole pretty tray and then with two doors

and then with two doors opening out (again held in place by a wire latch) to reveal compartments for paints and brushes and whatever else inside

7 3/8" x just shy of 5"

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The Rule of Three (and the Double Rule of Three

Nice Vintage Northwest Coast Native Hand-carved Model Totem Pole pretty tray and then with two doorsI always have an eye out for good model totem poles, Native American and otherwise, this obviously the former, Northwest Coast. Very nicely caved, with great warm patina to the pine and terrific color to the paint, I believe it likely dates to the 1940s or so, and represents an eagle on top and bear on the bottom. 8 5 8 t x 6 across at wings x 2 d (base) and in good condition. There is a patch of loss the bark on the base, which can be rotated in