Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk and work for a number

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

The basket was used but is in excellent condition

with varying degrees of success

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

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

Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk and work for a numberThis 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