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

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

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

the pipe is is excellent condition

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