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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Material or ornamentation made with overlaid porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.

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  • noun decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans

Etymologies

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quill +‎ work

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Examples

  • But the greatest delights here are the many amazing objects, especially those in beadwork and quillwork.

    The Art Behind the Narrative Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

  • Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70.

    Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010

  • Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70.

    Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010

  • Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70.

    Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010

  • Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70.

    Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010

  • Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70.

    Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010

  • For example, in her writing she refers to Native American women who embroidered quillwork on their buckskin bags.

    Miriam Schapiro. 2009

  • The better headlines have imparted intended humor or double meanings, but the art of writing a newspaper headline seems to have gone the way of quillwork and macrame.

    The Lost Art of Writing Crime Headlines 2005

  • The Native American Crafts Outlet contained an eclectic assortment of merchandise: Zuni pottery, Navajo weaving, Hopi kachinas, Plains tribes beadwork and quillwork, even Eskimo carvings.

    Till the Butchers Cut Him Down Muller, Marcia 1994

  • Meanwhile the Pariki made their quick captures-a woman or child seized, hauled outside, or fine pelts grabbed, a buffalo robe, a shirt with colorful quillwork - and regathered in the lane that went straight to the gateway.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

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