Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk This is a very striking

This is a very striking polychrome lamp base by Joy Navasie (1919-2012) signed with her frog design

It is one of the most attractive awl cases that I have seen in a long time

The print is signed on the bottom in script and printed in pencil on the bottom of the back "El Capitan" and "L

with varying degrees of success

and is accented by simplistic silver wire work that flanks the well executed stone inlaid Knifewing Dancer

Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk This is a very strikingThis 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