Beloved Pet Parrot, Late 19th Century Cabinet Card Portrait black folk art I'd guess this piece is

I'd guess this piece is quite old

The wood I believe is maple

vajras (a ritual object/weapon containing both the meanings of “thunderbolt” and “diamond")

Surely some commentary happening here about the exertion of power of various sorts

but that's about it

Beloved Pet Parrot, Late 19th Century Cabinet Card Portrait black folk art I'd guess this piece isSomeone really loved their pet parrot! And a photogenic parrot it was I'd say, captured for posterity by Orgill photo studio in Hartford, CT, which seems to have operated in the 1880s 90s. Nicely atmospheric, and looks from the back as if it was glued into a family photo album, like a portrait of a belived family member. 4 1 4 x 6 1 2. A few stains, most prominently along the left edge near the center.