Ojibwa Porcupine Quill Boxes

These handmade porcupine quill boxes are one-of-a-kind. They are made by Ojibwa artisans from Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Native Americans use these to store jewelry and small household items. Beautiful and unique, they are made from birch bark bases covered with designs made of natural and dyed porcupine quills. Most have natural-colored backgrounds and are trimmed with sweet grass.Sizes will vary from about 1" in diameter to boxes that are 12" or wider.North American porcupines are...

This beautiful Ojibwa porcupine quill box is a one-of-a-kind box handmade by an Ojibwa artisan from Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Native Americans use these boxes to store jewelry and small household items. Beautiful and unique, the boxes are made from birch bark bases covered with designs made of natural and dyed porcupine quills and are trimmed with sweet grass.The number of quill boxes being produced these days is negligible. Many of the women who used to make these have either...