Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk a good large basket for

a good large basket for a collector

with varying degrees of success

a compelling design and a unique form

It has small brass tacks along the lower third of the bag flap on a narrow cloth binding between the beaded area and the beaded edging

First half 20th C

Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk a good large basket forThis is a fabulous piece of Northwest Coast art made for the market. It is an eagle claw holding an object that hold the pipe. The pipe is a round piece of rusted metal which may or may not be cut from a gun barrel. The object, painted reddish brown has a circular pattern of brass tacks around each end. The four talons are painted a murky yellow and the rest of the claw is painted black. Other than 100 painted on the object being held and on the end