Decoration
Object/Artifact
Brown, hand-beaded bird. The bird has single red beds as eyes, brown beading around the edges of the body. The wings are attatched at the side, which is indicative of the Mohawk tradition. The wings are detailed with the same brown beads as an outline, white stripes, with alternating red and black beads at the tips of the wing. The beading on the tail matches the wings. There is a white and brown twisted hoop to allow the bird to hang. The birs is perched two red balls hang off the perch, one red ball hangs from the mouth of the bird.
2023.26.002
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Mohawk
1890 - 1920
New York
United States of America
North America
5-1/4 in
2 in
4-1/2 in
Height is from the bottom of the red balls to the top of the bird's head. The width is the width of the tail. The length goes from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail.