Balancing Bird Thing

Object No. 14 of 50 — Significant Objects v2

[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Joe Wenderoth, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.]

Up for your consideration is this Antique Icelandic Menstruating Judgment Bird. Early Icelandic Judges used these birds to determine the outcome of all serious arguments. It was also used domestically—with considerably less ceremony—to resolve smaller household arguments. It works like this: in an outdoor ...