Beautiful Ojibwe Porcupine Quill and Birch Bark Box ceramic armadillo He measures 4 3/4" tall

He measures 4 3/4" tall and  2 1/2" wide x 3" deep at base

amplifying a sense of sisterhood

Just a nice old wooden foundry jar mold with a good patina

The box measures 10" in diameter (the plates measure just shy of that) and 2

In terrific antique condition

Beautiful Ojibwe Porcupine Quill and Birch Bark Box ceramic armadillo He measures 4 3/4" tallI find quill work pretty incredible (for a long time I did not believe it was actual porcupine quills that were used) but usually the pieces that cross my path (and that I can afford) are in pretty rough shape. Indeed, while porcupine quilling is an ancient Native American art, practiced especially among East Coast and Plains tribes, the difficulty of working with the quills as well as their fragility have made it fairly rare today, largely replaced