Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Oaxaca clay whistle and this painting

and this painting

and a brief chronology

and this is quite a nice one

This appears to be an original drawing done in black marker

Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Oaxaca clay whistle and this paintingI believe this vintage Native American (Northwest Coast or Alaskan) carved bone letter opener dates to the 1930s or 1940s, and would have been a tourist souvenir. I really love it as an object, with two carved and painted figures comprising the totem pole at one end (I believe an owl at the top, with those terrific ears, and perhaps a frog below), and then unpainted bone blade at the other. It's seen some wear, with some loss to the paint here and