This beaded necklace with an eagle's head on a beaded neck chain has been created by Paul St John, Mohawk craftsman.  The eagle is a symbol of mutual protection in the Iroquois Constitution - and believed to be a guardian that warned of danger. 

Here the eagle's head is about 4" long and 3.25" at widest (across the bottom of the neck feathers).  The beaded neck chain is 11.75" long from center back to attachment to medallion.   

The eagle is made of white, black, yellow and orange vintage glass beads. The medallion is on a double strand beaded neck chain of mostly white beads with yellow and black accent beads at neck chain's center and back ... there is larger and older yellow tubular bead in the middle of these accents and at center back.   All of the beads here are from boxes of beads which were sent to Paul by his aunt (now in her 90's) - some of the boxes  belonged to Paul's Mohawk grandmother and others were his great-grandmother's. The larger yellow beads show their great age in their irregular sizes and in slight "chips" and striations .... just irregular unlike current beads.   Paul learned beadwork from his grandmother, Amelia St John.

This is beaded on a light tan elk hide.

Paul has also made bear, bears' head, eagle head, eagle, crow's head, hummingbird, wolf's head, beaver, plain turtles, loon and great blue heron beaded medallion necklaces.  -  Also flower medallion necklaces... I believe there is a bear's head, an eagle's head, a crow's head and flower necklaces available.  If these have sold or if you are interested in any of the designs I mentioned that are not in stock -   I get more items from Paul about every 2 weeks and I never know what he has been working on until I get them......  SO check back often

Paul St. John now lives in Maine, his mother was Passamaquoddy/MicMac/Maliseet. Paul is a registered Mohawk who grew up on the Mohawk lands in New York, his father's homeland. He has been doing beadwork, baskets, birchbark work, dolls, quill and leather work for over 40 years.  He does so many types of crafts and does them all well!   Last photo is of Paul.