Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Romanian kilim via a handy key

via a handy key

and I've collected--and sold-a lot of bud vases

Very good vintage condition overall and structurally very sound with some scattered lost/split stitches as pictured

The wood shows some spotting but no cracking and has a nice warm patina

and which a plant (or a cocktail

Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Romanian kilim via a handy keyI 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