Native American Art in North America

Question 1 • Art Appreciation

What is quillwork?

Answer

soaking porcupine and bird quills with natural dyes and working them into surface patterns on other objects

using a quill pen made from birds to paint ink symbols on bodies

a type of sewing of the women of the Sioux tribe

using a quill pen made from the feather of an eagle to draw tribal symbols on the walls of a teepee

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