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TREASURES OF THE IACB: LAKOTA VEST, CA. 1880

TREASURES OF THE IACB

 

Porcupine quillwork is an art form unique to American Indians (Indians).  It was practiced exclusively by Indian women for hundreds of years before the arrival of Euro-Americans on the Great Plains.  Quillwork commonly decorated traditional shirts, moccasins, and many other forms of material culture.  With the arrival of glass trade beads in the mid-1800s, beadwork began to be used more frequently than quillwork ornamentation.

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