In the 18th century when the Native cultures of the Northwest Coast were flourishing and the wealth of the fur trade was flowing throughout the world, a curious custom was born. When a man was mature and wealthy enough to seek a wife he had to look outside his clan, and had to receive permission of the woman’s uncle before he could court her and make his intentions known to her family. He announced his suit by giving her a gift. Among the Tlingit and Haida peoples of Alaska there are only two clans, the Ravens and the Eagles. The gift of choice was a silver or gold bracelet, hand-carved with the symbol of both clans, the Eagle and the Raven, hence Love Birds. This custom is very much alive and flourishing on the North West Coast and is the most frequently requested pattern we carve.
this is the Eagle side of the bracelet
This is the Raven side of the bracelet D76 $250.00