Definitions
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 fromporcupine quills by certainNative Americans
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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For example, in her writing she refers to Native American women who embroidered quillwork on their buckskin bags.
Miriam Schapiro. 2009
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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.
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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
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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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