Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk The print is signed on

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

a good large basket for a collector

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 The print is signed onThis 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