Mohawk Bluebird/daffodil Collar/Bib based on historic item, Paul St John, Mohawk

Description

CLEARANCE PRICE:  $
138.50
WAS: 
68.50
This is a replica of a type of historic Mohawk clothing, a collar or bib, worn by Mohawk men from the early 1700s - mid 1800's.  (Great to frame & hang or wonderful regalia item)  Second to last photo in slideshow shows a Mohawk couple wearing clothing typical of this era .... photo is from the Mohawk tribal newsletter.  The man wears a collar/bib that is of red trade cloth and is beaded, the design is that of the creation design - the turtle with the beginning of the earth on it's back - here it started with a tree; the flowers on the man's collar are blue.  Paul St John, Mohawk, created a similar collar with a bluebird (often found on Mohawk artwork) and daffodil flowers.
This is 13" long from mid-front top to bottom.  The side pieces at top are an additional 9" long and these go around neck and tie at top of back.  On the very top of the side pieces are 19" long ties of brain tanned deer leather (Amazingly soft!)  ... At each side on the bottom front of the collar/bib is another brain tanned deer leather tie, these are 21" long.
Paul St John has used red wool trade cloth (lined with red cotton) and seed beets to make this collar/bib.  The bluebird has dark blue beads and iridescent blue beads with a yellow eye and beak.  The bib has a white bead border edge and an interior border of white beads as well.  There are medium green vines with leaves that intertwine with the white 5 petaled flowers that have loops of yellow beads as their centers.
As mentioned this is made of red trade wool which Paul bought years ago at an old woolen mill that was shutting down.
This item will come with a copy of the picture from the Mohawk tribal newsletter showing the Mohawk couple in traditional dress.
Paul St. John lives in Maine, near his mother's homelands.  Paul's mother is Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and MicMac.  He grew up on the Mohawk lands in New York, his father's homeland.  - The first work by Paul that I saw was his coiled sweetgrass baskets with quill work on birchbark medallions in the covers.   I knew immediately I needed to offer his great baskets.  While quill work and coiled sweetgrass baskets are historically Maine Indian traditional crafts, currently no one in Maine but Paul St. John is actively practicing this craft.
Many other Paul St John items are available in this store - including several quill/sweetgrass baskets, floral or with animals or birds, moccasins, bead and quill jewelry, beaded medicine bags,  dolls, beaded or quilled knife sheaths with knives that have handmade handles,  and more.