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Our store carries top quality Passamaquoddy tribe goods. Some of the Passamaquoddy Jewelry is made of porcupine quills. Artists from the woodland tribes often use porcupine quills as decoration. Passamaquoddy bead workers incorporate quills into their earrings and necklace designs. MicMacs weave quills into birch bark containers and baskets. Only found quills are used, so the porcupine is not disturbed in any way. After they are harvested, the quills are boiled for cleaning, sometimes dyed, sorted for size and marking, and cut for length before they can be strung. Quills are hallow and fragile. Treat them gently and lay them flat, so they won't bend or tear.
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This site was last updated 07/19/04
