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Quillwork

I’m just back from another road trip – this time through Manitoulin Island and up to Thunder Bay. The scenery...

Penn Museum Object 29-47-19A - Legging

NMAI.

During the Dene Quill Art project, two Athabascan artists and an ethnographic conservator shared quillwork techniques and develop new ones by studying histor...

Porcupine Woods is an Ojibwe owned shop that sells handmade Woodland Ojibwe art.

Native American Fashion, Clothing, Jewelry, and Accessories

When movie director's need period-accurate props for The Patriot, Master and Commander and other films, they turn to Frank and Lally House.

Native American Technology & Art: a topically organized educational web site emphasizing the Eastern Woodlands region, organized into categories of Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, Weaving & Cordage, Games & Toys and Food & Recipes. Find simple instructional information about how these materials are used by Natives, and detailed background on the history and development of these kinds of Native technologies, showing both the change and continuity from pre-contact times to the present. NativeTech is dedicated to disconnecting the term 'primitive' from peoples' perceptions of Native American technology and art.

Quill Work Porcupine quill work is the ultimate example of true Aboriginal craftsmanship. However this has become a traditional knowledge on the brink of extinction and very soon the art of porcupine quill work will be lost forever. There are many factors contributing to the loss of this ancient craft and unfortunately

Working on a birchbark quill medallion

Mel Losh one of the few remaining masters of this traditional Ojibwe craft. But he worries no one is following in his footsteps to learn the fast disappearing skills.

Showing how I dye some porcupine quills a bright red color. Will end up using some of these red quills on my next plaiting project.

Lally will be attending the 2019 Lake Cumberland Show. Photos by Jan Riser.

This paper includes both bird-quill and porcupine-quill decoration of all kinds. Different methods of sewing quills to leather, splicing, plaiting and weaving, are described in the text and illustrated. The 26 plates include photographs of many specimens. Tribal attributions are given for each technique, and the construction and decoration of birch bark boxes is also illustrated. -- AATA

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