1932 Alaskan Native American Carved Polychrome Souvenir Totem Pole hook tool 8 stacked chip carved layers

8 stacked chip carved layers on the pocket

Published by the Central Office of the Epworth League (a  Methodist young adult association formed in Cleveland in 1889) Fifty Social Evenings was written to help the league's department of social work in their efforts "to make league socials bright

It's in very good condition

half white ears

for someone or something that might never arrive

1932 Alaskan Native American Carved Polychrome Souvenir Totem Pole hook tool 8 stacked chip carved layersIf 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,