Northwest Coast Area
Salish handled bag from the Pacific NW, dating from around 1910. This purse is in excellent condition with minor wear to one of the handles. Measuring 10 inches by 7 inches, the woven handles come 7 inches up from the opening.
Figurative pendant carved from Walrus ivory with an inset abalone eye. This NW coast amulet would make a beautiful tribal necklace or a fetish for your collection. Measures 2 1/16 th inches long, by 1/2 inch wide.
Scrimshaw is a form of art were the image is scratched in to the surface of ivory, and then ink is rubbed in to the etching. This eagle is on a beautiful piece of Walrus tusk (the tusk has a vertical fracture). It measures 3 inches wide. It is signed GREY C.
Call it a knife or a scraper this hand made utilitarian, blade was probably used to process walrus or whale. It measures 12 inches long and comes in a leather sheath.
North West coast figure dressed in a coat trimmed in seal skin. A small sculptural person standing 2 1/4 inches tall.
North West Coast Alaskan Amulet Pendant- This was carved to be worn as a pendant, but can be used as a fetish as well. The figure appears to resemble a frog figure from the totem poles. Walrus tusk is the body of the pendant and has abalone inlaid eyes.
