{"id":49,"date":"2008-08-06T16:05:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:35:38","slug":"reviving-a-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/reviving-a-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviving a tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"None\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45\" title=\"Porcupine quills\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/porcupinequills.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Maggie Holtzberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Porcupine quills &#8212; a raw material, that is not so easy to come by. But Eastern woodlands and Great Plains Indians have long been used to decorate baskets, boxes and garments. The tradition has been beautifully revived by Dave Holland, who makes a form of regalia dating back to the early 18th century. Dave sews the quills to leather using a netting technique. Below you see an example of this quill work on a tobacco pouch. Holland&#8217;s regalia is used by pow wow dancers and reenactors, as well as in film work. When asked how he got started making regalia, Dave says, &#8220;I used to do some reenacting myself but I couldn&#8217;t afford to buy the regalia. But once I found a road kill, and the rest is history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"None\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50\" title=\"Porcupine quill work by Dave Holland.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/holland_thunderbirddetail_support1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Jason Dowdle<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Maggie Holtzberg Porcupine quills &#8212; a raw material, that is not so easy to come by. But Eastern woodlands and Great Plains Indians have long been used to decorate baskets, boxes and garments. 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