quillwork

quillwork [kwil-wurk] Examples noun

1. a type of decoration using softened and usually dyed porcupine or bird quills.
2. an American Indian handicraft or utility item decorated in this manner.

Examples from the Web for quillwork Historical Examples of quillwork

This must have been a beautiful example of the buffalo-skin tipi, new and white, decorated with quillwork and tufts of hair.

Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi

David Ives Bushnell