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Quill, Hide & Fiber
Idaho Indian artists preserve customary traditions by creating new objects using traditional materials such as porcupine quills, animal hides and hemp fibers. Creation of this type of art ensures the survival of both object and ancestral creative skills. Adaptation of ancient skills to create contemporary items is also practiced and is exemplified in this red quill collar and tie.
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This page: Porcupine quill cuffs and necktie by Jane Hevewah, Ft. Hall. In "Stout and Sturdy." Parfleche box by Archie Lawyer, photograph by Robert McCarl.
Next page: Early Great Basin duck decoys, in "Stout and Sturdy." Cornhusk bag by Rose Frank, Lapwai, Idaho. In "Stout and Sturdy." Moccassins and leggings: Moccasins by Irene Preacher and leggings by Nora Mosho, Ft. Hall, Idaho.
Credits: Multi-Media Slide Program, Steve Siporin and Robert McCarl, "Stout and Sturdy: The Folk Arts in Idaho." Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho 1988. Photos by Jan Boles, Steve Siporin, Andrew Rafkin, and Robert McCarl. |
