Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Oaxaca clay whistle scholar & one-time assistant to

scholar & one-time assistant to Kerouac’s former wife Edie Kerouac Parker

This would be fantastic used as a huge serving platter for tapas or antipasti

I love how the line of her nose extends all the way down from her eyes (which seem to see into my soul

and a brief chronology

and this painting

Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Oaxaca clay whistle scholar & one-time assistant toI 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