Dr. Tim Bean

Yeah, for sure.

I brought some to put on video so I could show you. So it's and it's a combination of like, yeah, well, the North American porcupine quills that I've collected, and then also people just give me quills, right? Like, I found this one or like, I'm a friend's a zookeeper and had these extra like African crescent porcupine quills here have some. We actually ended up with the research we were doing.

I brought some to put on video so I could show you. So it's and it's a combination of like, yeah, well, the North American porcupine quills that I've collected, and then also people just give me quills, right? Like, I found this one or like, I'm a friend's a zookeeper and had these extra like African crescent porcupine quills here have some. We actually ended up with the research we were doing.

I brought some to put on video so I could show you. So it's and it's a combination of like, yeah, well, the North American porcupine quills that I've collected, and then also people just give me quills, right? Like, I found this one or like, I'm a friend's a zookeeper and had these extra like African crescent porcupine quills here have some. We actually ended up with the research we were doing.

My grad students, Kara, Apple, and Persa Belomarich organized giving most of the quills that we got to the tribes that we were working with. Because again, they used to go out and get the quills by hand. And then nowadays, they have to mail order them. So I was like, we got a bunch of extra quills. You guys should have these.

My grad students, Kara, Apple, and Persa Belomarich organized giving most of the quills that we got to the tribes that we were working with. Because again, they used to go out and get the quills by hand. And then nowadays, they have to mail order them. So I was like, we got a bunch of extra quills. You guys should have these.

My grad students, Kara, Apple, and Persa Belomarich organized giving most of the quills that we got to the tribes that we were working with. Because again, they used to go out and get the quills by hand. And then nowadays, they have to mail order them. So I was like, we got a bunch of extra quills. You guys should have these.

So obtaining quills in modern times, a person that I talked to in Humble, who was like, I can't find porcupines on my normal route. She was like, you know, I just drive around and there were these roads where I would know at night I could go find a porcupine, see a porcupine, park the car, grab my, she used a towel rather than a blanket, you know, thwap the porcupine on the back, take the quills.

So obtaining quills in modern times, a person that I talked to in Humble, who was like, I can't find porcupines on my normal route. She was like, you know, I just drive around and there were these roads where I would know at night I could go find a porcupine, see a porcupine, park the car, grab my, she used a towel rather than a blanket, you know, thwap the porcupine on the back, take the quills.

So obtaining quills in modern times, a person that I talked to in Humble, who was like, I can't find porcupines on my normal route. She was like, you know, I just drive around and there were these roads where I would know at night I could go find a porcupine, see a porcupine, park the car, grab my, she used a towel rather than a blanket, you know, thwap the porcupine on the back, take the quills.

And then, you know, you got a renewable, sustainable source of quills. So yeah, towel versus blanket method. I don't know.

And then, you know, you got a renewable, sustainable source of quills. So yeah, towel versus blanket method. I don't know.

And then, you know, you got a renewable, sustainable source of quills. So yeah, towel versus blanket method. I don't know.

I think, you know, I think probably like when you get to the point where you've got full coverage on the body, I'm guessing that not all of the quills got pushed down and released and you are pulling some out, but I think it's probably a temporary and again, better than, you know, killing them and getting the quills that way. Yeah.

I think, you know, I think probably like when you get to the point where you've got full coverage on the body, I'm guessing that not all of the quills got pushed down and released and you are pulling some out, but I think it's probably a temporary and again, better than, you know, killing them and getting the quills that way. Yeah.

I think, you know, I think probably like when you get to the point where you've got full coverage on the body, I'm guessing that not all of the quills got pushed down and released and you are pulling some out, but I think it's probably a temporary and again, better than, you know, killing them and getting the quills that way. Yeah.

Uses like there's documentation of all kinds of things in the quill work for decoration is the, is the most,

Uses like there's documentation of all kinds of things in the quill work for decoration is the, is the most,

Uses like there's documentation of all kinds of things in the quill work for decoration is the, is the most,

beautiful i think and widespread and people dyed them like all kinds of incredible colors like european colonizers would write about like they're using colors that we can't access like yellows and purples and reds and blacks and just really incredible weaving of the quills together and into other materials like