Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 20, 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 69
Notes:
In his "Walk through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), pp. 27-28, Peale wrote: "These quills variously dyed, are used by the aborigenes of America to ornament their dresses &c. and although short, are more dangerous than the long ones of the crested Porcupine, for they are barbed whereas the points of the others are smooth."
