Speaker showing authentic PA German dress and demonstrating a mouth harp.
Ornamental wheat creation
Beautiful heart made of wheat and its stalks.
Hand-folded stars are dipped in beeswax when completed to help preserve colors and shapes.
This box was about 4 inches from point to top of the rounds and took many tedious hours to complete.
Also a very tiny creation, only a few inches long. PA German people would create these in their spare time.
A single, completed paper star.
An example of PA German traditional art.
The next few photos demonstrate the folding of a paper star. This lady was quite quick in her folding and has spent many hours perfecting her craft.
An example of very early PA German art, which was also useful.
Skrimshaw engraving on a reproduction powder horn.
Skrimshaw engraving on a reproduction powder horn, photo treated to look historic.
More detailed skrimshaw engraving. Beautifully done.
A reproduction compass that would have been used by early settlers.
Detail of a reproduction flint lock rifle.
Beautiful leather hunting pouch decorated with naturally dyed porcupine quill decoration.
Detail of the tassel on the hunting pouch.
Detail of the porcupine quilling on the hunting pouch.
Reproduction quilled neck knife.
Bride's Box
Explaination of what the bride's box resembles.
Another hand-created wooden box.
Miniature flint lock lighter, the paper is the size of a business card!
Tiny domino set, hand created, approximately as long as a business card.
Tiny corn husk doll, authentic reproduction.
Mini cribbage board, about 4 inches long. Hand-crafted.
Tiny smoking tongs, about 2.5 inches long seen at the PA German Heritage Festival.
Tiny candle wick trimmer, good if you have a tiny, tiny candle.
Small straight razor, approximatly three inches long.
Small horn cup with a miniature cup and utensil set.
Tiny knitting needles
Same drop spindle with no historical photo treatment.
