Black BEAR BARRETTE: porcupine quill/birchbark/sweetgrass; Paul St John, Mohawk

Description: Large birch bark barrette with a porcupine quill Black Bear. This is on a traditional birch bark medallion and is by by Paul St John, Mohawk craftsman. The bear is walking across a bit of green grass. The birch bark is an organic oval shape with natural depths in places. (A similar necklace w/large round birchbark medallion featuring a similar Black Bear may be in this eBay store - if not yet sold) The bear is of of solid black dyed quills and is walking over green dyed quill "grass". This is an oval birch bark medallion with an inner border of natural white quills with darker ends left on. Around the medallion's exterior is an border of tidal sweetgrass. This is traditional quill on birch bark work innovatively made into a barrette. The oval barrette birchbark medallion 4.5" long and 3.5" at highest. The barrette clasp on back is 3' long Last photo is of Paul with 2 of his other creations Paul St. John lives in Maine near his mother's family. His mother is Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and MicMac. He grew up on the Mohawk lands in New York, his father's homeland and is an enrolled Mohawk tribal member. There are other necklaces of this type by Paul - and some of another type that uses only porcupine quills and beading. Some of those necklaces have matching beaded/quilled barrettes. Paul also makes quill and coiled tidal sweetgrass baskets. These have an quilled animal, bird or Native American design on the top of the lid - find many different styles to choose from in this ebay store as well as dolls, medicine bags, moccasins, knives and more by Paul St John.

Price: 62.75 USD

Location: Sedgwick, Maine

End Time: 2024-12-06T15:07:49.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.5 USD