CARDINAL earrings - porcupine quill on birch bark: Paul St John, Mohawk

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Vibrant red cardinals of porcupine quills grace these great birch bark earrings by Paul St John, Mohawk craftsman. The cardinals are made of red, yellow and black dyed porcupine quills. Each earring a cardinal perches on a green dyed quill evergreen branch. The birch bark quill earrings are a relatively recent new art form by Paul and they have proved very popular!These earrings are about 1.75" long (from top of birchbark to bottom) and 1 1/2" across at bottom. These are handmade and the natural birch bark color, the size etc will vary a bit. These have tidal sweetgrass wrapping the edges of the earrings.You may find cardinals on works by Paul - a sweetgrass/birchbark/quilled basket or a necklace or barrette in this ebay store larger but similar to the cardinals on these earrings.For those of you who have admired Paul's quilled "critters" but have not been able to get a sweetgrass basket with a cardinal on it - Here is an opportunity to have a pair of Paul's quilled cardinals s at a more affordable price.Last photo is of Paul with 2 of his other creationsPaul St. John lives in Maine near his mother's family. His mother is Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and MicMac. He grew up on the Mohawk lands in New York, his father's homeland and is an enrolled Mohawk tribal member.There are other types of jewelry by Paul St John in this ebay store.. read more

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