#8 • "Killer Whale & Salmon" Argillite Box w/ Formline Designs - Glen Pollard

Part of June 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $750.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A c.1993 lidded trinket box carved from black stone argillite by Haida Eagle Clan master carver Glen Pollard (b.1957). Pollard sources his argillite close to home, from the Slatechuck Mountain in Skidegate, where only the Haida people are permitted to gather and pack out this precious material. Trinket box depicts various formline designed creatures on each side, including a thunderbird, raven, salmon, and beaver, as labeled on the bottom, each with abalone shell eyes. The lid also features minimalistic etched killer whale and salmon designs. Box measures approximately 3" x 3" x 3" tall.