Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds sculptural barn hook The vase has been well

The vase has been well used

I've been perusing piles of stone fruit for some time now looking for the perfect lemon

I've shot in a few different lighting conditions as the colors are as elusive as he is

Ink and watercolor on paper

great silhouette to his face

Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds sculptural barn hook The vase has been wellThe beadwork on this Native American coin purse earlyish 20th c., made for the tourist trade is very fine, done with tiny seed beads very tightly stitched to hide. And how to resist these wonderful blue birds, one pair on either side, forever facing one another as they perch on what looks both like bough and an anchor? I don't know enough to identify the tribe with certainty, but I believe Columbia River region Plateau, and am confident of the age, I