Wonderful Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Birds - Sold Individually wooden toys and they are structurally super

and they are structurally super sound and stand up very straight

each only fits well where it is)

from morning sun till dine

I believe a mask like this one would have been used in initiation rituals

precise little stitches

Wonderful Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Birds - Sold Individually wooden toys and they are structurally superI think these are amazing. I've come across a few others (though none as lovely), but no one ever seems to know anything about them. I think most likely they were part of a cuckoo clock or something similar, where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger their wings to raise and beaks to open perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp! I like these stuck in a small vase like flowers, or you could stick them in a small planter, to circle