quillwork

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[ˈkwɪlwəːk], (Noun)

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- a type of traditional decoration for clothing and possessions characteristic of some Indigenous peoples of North America, using softened and dyed porcupine quills to make elaborate applied designs
(e.g: lovely birchbark baskets decorated with porcupine quillwork)


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