Neel, Ellen

Lot 2522 limit € 120

Totem pole, cedar wood, carved and painted in black, brown, red and green, inscribed on the reverse Ellen Neel, signs of age, including smaller cracks, height approx. 44 cm, probably Ellen Neel (1916-1966); belonged to the Kwakiutl (Kwakwakawakw) Indian tribe of Canada, one of the first known female totem carvers, works in many public collections worldwide