"The Quillworker"

Quillworker, stone sculture by Blackfeet artist Darrell Norman

Ee-Nees-Too-Wah-See

Media: stone sculpture (steatite) based on pictographic imagery with pine wood base, dyed porcupine quills, antique bells and beads, porcupine hair and buckskin.

Size: 8 x 4 x 7 in or 20 x 10 x 18 cm

Price: $425

This sculpture is based on pictographic imagery and refers to meaning of porcupines for Plains Indian art. Before the days of trading with Europeans, Plains Indian used dyed porcupine quills and hair for decoration.