Featured Carved Soapstone wolf signed Gah Gweni'yoh Six Nations artisan - authentic?

I wanted to pass this by you folks before listing it since I wasn't able to find anything with this carver's signature showing. According to this site he is a "Six Nations artisan" & show a pipe he made, but show no signature.

https://wolfden.ca/shop/native-american-art-crafts/mohawk-pipe-gah-gweniyoh-05109-bear/

It is 5" tall to the tip of the ear & does have some little chips, but if positioned just so you can see none of them.

Also what if anything is the significance of the number on the bottom?



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!!

 

yes authentic...the number likely a band status number issued by the Canadian Gov't.

 

Thanks!!!

 

I forgot to ask before, would this also be considered a fetish?

I was going to list it last night with the other pieces I had asked about, but forgot about it & besides did not want to list it without some confirmation from those more knowledgable.

 

The custom specifics on eBay wants me to specify a tribal affiliation. Does anyone know what I should put there?

 

Iroquois.........& no...not a fetish..!
a sculpture..

 

" Six Nations" is an Ontario Iroquois reserve.

 

Komo would know better than I would; I'm just hoping Ebay has that as a tribal affiliation and doesn't barf on it. (they're not too bright when it comes to Canadian affiliations.)

 

Thank you so much for all of your help @komokwa!!!!

Me too.

I was really waiting for one of the ones I listed last night to have "issues".

 

Took a look, and Canadian tribal affiliations are all lumped together under Canadian Aboriginal. Like I said, they ain't too bright.

 

They did have the Iroquois affiliation available under the Canadian Aboriginal option.