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This carving in hard, dark wood, resembling a tiny totem pole is another piece of unkown use. A short, pointed tenon on the lower end must have been the means of attachment to another part. The figures represented are a bear, much elongated, with a small eagle held against its chest. Details of eyes and nostrils, the claws of the bear and eagle, the bird's ribs, and the stylized structure of the wings are all delineated in the classic northern style. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)