Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Romanian kilim The wood shows some spotting

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

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

as the mesh at the center is quite finely woven

and which a plant (or a cocktail

Carved Bone Northwest Coast Native Totem Pole Letter Opener Romanian kilim The wood shows some spottingI 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