#90 • Tlingit Cedar Beaver Totemic Bookends - Steve Perrin

Part of September 2024 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $225.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Sculpture

A pair of hand-carved Tlingit cedar bookends in the form of traditional totem poles featuring the likeness of beavers. Each is mounted on a small wooden base with waterfall edge, and further mounted upon a larger base with flat back, and angled front profile. Both are signed on the underside by Steve Perrin, a late member of the Kaagwaantaan clan. Perrin is noted as being an active carver for both the Nugget Shop of Juneau, AK, and the Alaska Native Arts Clearing House, for which he was most active during the 1960s and 1970s. One has a tiny bit of surface discoloration, or paint, as photographed. Each bookend measures approximately 5" x 5.5" x 11.5" tall.