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That's a very nice find! It would make the center of the frame if I had found it.
https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/10/05/counting-coup/Among the Plains Indians of North America, counting coup involved the winning of prestige against an enemy. Native American warriors won prestige by acts of bravery in the face of the enemy, which could be recorded in various ways and retold as stories. ... Coups were recorded by putting notches in a coup stick. Counting coup, or striking an enemy, was the highest honor earned by warriors ... Native peoples recognized precise systems of graduated war honors
It is clearly machined and therefore modern. 1930-1955?