Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds sculptural barn hook and one of the chimneys

and one of the chimneys looks to have been well nibbled on

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

7 13/16" x 6 5/8"

) And this I think is an exceptional example in the quality of the portrait and detail of the pin pricking

Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds sculptural barn hook and one of the chimneysThe 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