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horsehair bristles
In terrific antique condition
Scratches and dings to the surface
it is plenty large to be useful holding all sorts of things
The box measures 10" in diameter (the plates measure just shy of that) and 2
Beautiful Ojibwe Porcupine Quill and Birch Bark Box ceramic armadillo horsehair bristlesI 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
