Michaelian Home Collection

This, our most spectacular woodpecker, may now be extinct. Recent sightings remain unconfirmed, yet in Audubon's day it was widespread and not uncommon throughout the swamp timber of the southeastern states. He reported that the crested head and white bill "forms an ornament for the war-dress of most of our Indians, or for the shot-pouch of our squatters and hunters". "On a steamboat's reaching what we call a wooding place, the strangers were very apt to pay a quarter for 2 to 3 heads of this woodpecker." He adds, "I have seen entire belts of Indian chiefs closely ornamented with the tufts and bills of this species." Picus Principalis.

Size: W 18" x H 18"
100% Wool Facing
Cotton Velvet Backing
Zipper for easy insert placement (Hidden)

*Includes Removable Polyester Insert, with Option to Upgrade to Feather Down Insert*