Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 19, 1809
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 41
Additional Source Text:
In his Walk through the Museum (1805), 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."
Notes:
John D. Godman, in his American Natural History. Part I. Mastology, 3 vols. (Philadelphia, 1826-1828), 2: 153-154, describes one of the methods Native Americans used to ornament their clothing, based on the large collection of such items in the Peale Museum / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165857
