It looks a bit mousey to me, but hard to say for sure since as KOMO says, It does certainly have a number of NW Coast attributes.
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I'd think so....
Others may have good ideas; but my thought would be to phone Home | Kyoto Art and Antiques to see if they know of any resources - number at the...
AJ seems to have tracked down the company, though not a name I'm familiar with; 80's seems about right. The metal strip would be for a 5th string...
My vote would be antler; not from one of the Northwest Coast Native art groups (Kwakiutl, Tlingit, and such) but possibly further north - Inuit...
As Taupou says, it doesn't look like Canadian First Nations work.
I have nothing to add...this would be from farther north than my core area of Northwest Coast Native (formline) art -
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I once loaned some of my small totem poles to a museum exhibition, and they are pictured in the UW Press book related to it. The shipping process,...
Welcome; I don't know the answer, but congratulations on your nice complete title - so often one sees titles like "Help!" or "Help identify!" But...
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