Hunting Pouch, Pipe Tomahawk and Power Horn and by Gary Birch

This hunting bag by Gary Birch measures 8" x 8" with a beaded carrying strap and tassels on front of bag. Gary began by making and selling leather clothing in the early '70s and graduated to hunting pouches when he discovered the sport of black powder shooting. Soon he was making engraved powder horns, knives and measures, i.e., the accessories necessary for the complete shooting bag.

This pipe tomahawk has a tacked 20" haft and an 8.25" iron head made by Gary Birch. Gary is a self-taught artist whose works appear in private and museum collections around the country. Leaving a PhD. Program in physiological psychology in 1969, Gary began making things with his hands “to work on ideas that had been neglected too long.” Consequently, he has created scores of one-of-a-kind art objects in a variety of media.

13" length, engraved with vines, leaves, and Death or Liberty. With leather carrying strap. A self-taught artist, he has worked in multi-media crafts and oil, watercolor and acrylic painting. Gary Birch was born 1946 in Middletown, Ohio and graduated from Miami University. (Information provided by Marge Piper.)

Copy and photos from Cowan Auctions, these items will be in the May 2-3, 2012 Auction.