Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk It has small brass tacks

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

a compelling design and a unique form

and work for a number of years in Phoenix Arizona as a full time silversmith at Vaughn and Fred Wilson’s Trading Post

with varying degrees of success

Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk It has small brass tacksThis 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