Bird Shaped Wooden Whistle with Mechanical Beak aligator Handmade in Portugal

Handmade in Portugal

Great with a sprig or two of red berries or evergreen

which can be positioned in any number of ways and is different from every angle

when they were used to shape arrow shafts--occupy a space between chisels and planes

upturned beaks

Bird Shaped Wooden Whistle with Mechanical Beak aligator Handmade in PortugalThis fabulous thing is a carved wood whistle in the shape of a bird, complete with mechanical beak! The bark of the branch from which it was carved remains on the central part of the body, but the wood has been hollowed out and whittled, terminating in a blow hole at one end, and an attached head at the other, with a spring that enables its beak (red on the inside!) to open by pressing down on its crest. Pretty great! 7 x2 1 4 x 1 3 8 deep and in