Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener badger It is emblematic of paintings

It is emblematic of paintings from Zimbabwe and Cameroon

I think its just terrific

This would be equally fabulous at the center of a long farmhouse table or on the counter of a minimal white kitchen

It features a hand-painted golden duck

Its shape is that of a ginger jar

Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener badger It is emblematic of paintingsI 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