Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk The basket was used but

The basket was used but is in excellent condition

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

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 good large basket for a collector

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

Tlingit Wooden Eagle Claw Pipe Elk The basket was used butThis 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