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"BAWDY BIRD" WITCHES BAT FRAMED CURIO
The Bat, or Bawdy Bird, is the Witches bird; and when they hover around it is the witches' hour,
when they have power over all human being who are not shielded from their influence.
A Bat is considered a bird of evil omen, in many parts foretelling death. The evil attending their
coming into a house can be warded off, by catching them and hanging them above the front door.
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This beautiful framed curio is 16 and 1/2 inches wide by 18 and 1/2 inches tall. The image area
is 9 and 1/2 inches wide by 11 and 3/4 inches tall. The placard is all hand-illustrated using
pen-and-ink on hundred-year-old paper which reads:
BAWDY BIRD
And directly beneath the bat in ancient typewriter on hundred-year-old paper it reads:
1877 - Maggie Arbuckle was alone at night in her cottage
when through her window flew in a "Witches' Bird." Fearing the evil
attending the bat having flown into her kitchen, she was able
to catch it and later hung it over her kitchen door for nearly
70 years as a good luck charm and to ward off the evil eye.
A very large vintage taxidermied bat* is mounted on vintage black velvet with black braided
Victorian trim and studded with pieces of jet. The "Bawdy Bird" is framed in a beautiful vintage
gold wooden frame. It is signed and dated on the back and is ready to hang in your own personal
dime museum or sideshow.
*Taxidermy dried Bat Megaderma spasma insect eater species from east
Java, Indonesia. This specimen has been museum cleaned, dried and professionally prepared. This is
a REAL specimen, not a cast. This specimen measures 7 and 1/2 inches across the wings. This is a
large specimen from a mature animal and was legally collected and this particular bat species is
legal to sell. This specimen is NOT listed in appendix I, II, or III of Cites, and is not
endangered or threatened.
If you are thinking of purchasing a Framed Curio Exhibit,
please read the
Bone FAQ
to make sure you are within your legal
limit when purchasing human bones, etc.
Order by #CURIO-51
THIS CURIO IS SOLD
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