Beautiful Ojibwe Porcupine Quill and Birch Bark Box wooden tower A leather pull on the

A leather pull on the top with scalloped edge matches

I think his face is wonderful

the other looking quite distressed

and love his little cap and crossed ankles dangling under the table

Good antique condition

Beautiful Ojibwe Porcupine Quill and Birch Bark Box wooden tower A leather pull on theI 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