Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds bentwood handle but all of the houses

but all of the houses are in very good condition

with arrows turning to indicate when a particular doorbell was being buzzed

green-painted wooden head

(or just admiring:)

just perfection I think—and I like to imagine that its maker used it routinely to remove his boots after a long outing through woods and fields with this particular Pointer leading the way

Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds bentwood handle but all of the housesThe 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