Two Birds on a Basket, Beautiful Antique Iroquois Beadwork Star eisenhower vs stevenson and the brass looks very

and the brass looks very much to me like  melted down shell casings

who almost seems as if lifted in from another scene entirely

under glass: 9 1/8" x 7 3/4"

I really love the paws raised

The sliced side "flesh" is a lemony-lime yellow-green

Two Birds on a Basket, Beautiful Antique Iroquois Beadwork Star eisenhower vs stevenson and the brass looks veryIt seems most likely to me that this was made as a mat or wall hanging rather than a pin cushion it is more than 9 1 2 inches across, and the reverse side is finished with fabric but I'm not completely sure. Whatever the case, I'm never one to resist a wonderful bird, even more so two, here perched facing each other on the arching handle of a colorful basket. (the center of which also looks a little like a heart.) I do believe I could spend the rest