Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts handprinted make do sign 15" t x 6 1/2"

15" t x 6 1/2" w

this cased photo is I believe a tintype

Man or woman I am not entirely sure

either Tlingit and Haida

with the box glazed in bright white and the flat lid in grays and yellow feeling very late 50s modernist abstraction

Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts handprinted make do sign 15" t x 6 1/2"I purchased this these from a dealer based in Pennsylvania, but really don't know anything specific about them. I take them for falcons, calling to mind ancient Egyptian ones; they also remind me of a couple of old men standing on the corner talking about sports and neighborhood news! It seems possible they actually functioned as decoys of sorts, as there are a bunch of holes in the wood, as if a woodpecker went to work pecking away at them, and I