Each earring in this pair is constructed from a rectangle of birch bark edged with sinew braid. The artist burned intricate designs, based on traditional Nipmuck iconography, into the surface. A tassel of three porcupine quills ending in colored glass beads depends from the base of each rectangle. T...
Date:
2016
Maker:
Henries, Sierra Autumn, 1987- (Artist, Designer)
Material:
birch (wood), quill (spine), sinew, glass (material), sterling silver
GUSN:
317520
Accession Number:
2016.8.1AB