Micmac Quill Box This box was made over one hundred years ago by the Micmac, also
known as the Lnu'k. The Micmac lived in New England and Canada. A Micmac
woman made this bowl out of birch bark and put porcupine quills on
it. Women softened the quills in their mouths and flattened the quills
with their teeth. One design is the star with eight points. Seven points
were for the seven areas where the Micmac lived in New England. The
eighth star stood for Great Britain. The star also represented an eight-legged
starfish. I like this box because it is small and because it uses a
lot of porcupine quills. |