Mystery Fabric Scrap

In a recent thread (https://www.antiquers.com/threads/odd-clay-eagle-or-bird-necklace-na.9578/), Tyeldom3 presented a cute little oddity... a clay bird figure on a raggedy "cord". After everybody had their speculations on it (including me), Tye was sweet and perceptive and saw that I was coveting it, and gave it to me! I'm still "researching" it. It's presumably hand-made as a personal token of some kind and therefore probably untraceable, buttttttt...

I began to wonder if there might be a hint in the fabric used.

May I have your thoughts on this scrap? Can any of you fabric brainiacs tell ANYTHING about it? It seems to be about a 30-inch scrap, cut in a thin (about a third of an inch wide) strip, and then the ends are tied to the wings. Here's a close-up, and then a shot of the whole thing (which I stole from Tye's thread), and a close-up of the bird (also stolen).

Yes, I can be a little obsessive at times.

 

It doesn't look old; it looks like the "country homespun" stuff that they made in the 80s for primitive style crafts and home decor. That's a factory weave rather than homemade, and dyed those colors to make it appear older.

 

Thank you, thank you... so... no fascinating revelation to be had. And of course, no certainty that the scrap was originally associated with the bird.
*snapping fingers*
I appreciate you, fabric brainiac Evelyb!

 

Brainiac no, fabric addict yes.(LOL)

 

I think the latter has led to the former!