Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts handprinted make do sign and then three individual soldiers

and then three individual soldiers mounted to their own little blocks

together with the very pale eyes and outlaid hands

with corners of photo tucked through slits in paper

15" t x 6 1/2" w

either Tlingit and Haida

Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts handprinted make do sign and then three individual soldiersI 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