Plateau Beaded Wall Pocket With Bluebird Gavel The plate is in excellent

The plate is in excellent condition and has never been repaired

These were constructed by the Native Americans from the Washington coast up into Alaska

and sterling

This fine soapstone carving by Inuit Carver Samson Sala is of a man and child

wide bowl with four oval designs spaced around the body and a decorative band below the rim

Plateau Beaded Wall Pocket With Bluebird Gavel The plate is in excellentThis is a very unusual and visual piece. It has two beaded panels, one with a large blue bird on a branch and the other with a heart shaped single flower, both of which sit in a yellow field. These panels are spaced apart on a black wool cloth and between the two beaded panels and above the smaller one are two red wool rectangles which creates a very dramatic piece. There is some loss of the red cotton binding above the blue bird panel but otherwise