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This ancestor has a slightly curved head that ends with a pointed beak. It has one nodular eye on the right side of its face. Its short neck is connected to a slightly ridged back and body, and it has a short, upturned tail. It

This ancestor has a curved head that ends with what appears to be a pointed beak, resembling a bird. This ancestor has a marbled red, dark brown, and gray colouring. It has a slightly ridged back that connects to a raised, wide and flat tail

This ancestor has an elongated head that has a pointed beak and resembles a bird through its ridged back and block fan tail shape. This ancestor has a flat base that is perforated at both ends and has a completely smoothened surface. On the right

This ancestor has a hook-like head, and the tip of its beak was ground flat. It has a ridged back that connects to a raised block fan tail. This relative has a smooth convex base to rest on, with one perforation on each end. Unlike

This ancestor is a medium beige pop-eyed birdstone that has a broad teardrop-shaped base with feet, both of which are perforated.  It has teardrop shaped pop-eyes on both sides of its head, and a long, sloped neck and a rounded beak. Its back is ridged and

The ancestor is a pop-eyed birdstone in a red-brown colour with sets of diagonal green bands wrapping around its eyes and body. This ancestor has a broad circular base and a slightly curved backside. Its beak was broken and slightly reshaped. What is most notable

This ancestor resembles a bird with its downward head and raised tail. It appears to have a squared beak with sharper edges and the top and bottom carved out on one side of its beak. This ancestor does not have eyes carved out and is

This ancestor is unique with its rounded head and straight back and tail that resembles a bird. This ancestor is a sandy colour, with light green and dark grey laminations throughout. The tail is slightly thicker and wider than the rest of its body and

This ancestor has a broad body, rounded head and tail. The tail is raised and slightly narrower than the rest of the birdstone’s body, with a hole carved in the middle of the tail. The head features protruding eyes on each side. Displaying a green-brown

This ancestor is a double-headed birdstone.This birdstone is defined by a sloped rectangular body and dual head feature. This relative is red-brown in colour with brown and green marbling. One head has a recent chip on the tip of its beak, while its counterpart does

This ancestor is a pop-eyed birdstone, with a trapezoidal shape and block fan tail. This birdstone resembles a caribou at the front, but a bird at the back. It is a light green/grey colour, and likely made of slate. The pop eyes are cylindrical shaped

This ancestor, often called a birdstone by archaeologists, resembles a seal (?), with a titled head, curved back, and long tail. Made of smoothed stone, this relative is a brown/pale green colour. Red speckling can be seen on its face, with traces of marbled light

A hat made of braided corn husk, decorated with a purple ribbon band. Hodenosaunee, probably from Six Nations of the Grand River. Acquired by the Woodland Cultural Centre from Deanna Sky in 2004.

A Hodenosaunee beaded pincushion, likely made for the Victorian tourist trade. Purchased by the Woodland Cultural Centre from the Museum of the American Indian, New York in 1973.

A late nineteenth-century Hodenosaunee wooden corn soup paddle. Written on the paddle is: "Indian corn soup paddle, over 100 years old." Part of the Elliott Moses collection, it was donated to the Wododland Cultural Centre by David Moses in February 1999.

A Hodenosaunee black ash splint woven basket with some splints dyed pink and blue. From Six Nations, probably second half of the twentieth century, made by Mary H. Jamieson whose name is written on the bottom of the basket. Acquired by the Woodland Cultural Centre

A beaded change purse. Likely Haudenosaunee, Mohawk. Made by Mrs. Strength from Bala Reserve. Acquired by the Woodland Cultural Centre in 1994.