Among the bright purple crocuses along the mossy trail were porcupine quills, each dark and pointy.

Often its saddle and trappings were decorated with beads and porcupine quills and for the hunt its mane and tail were intertwined with multicoloured ribbons.

They embellished hides with dyes, paints, beads, and porcupine quills.

Porcupine quills have recently inspired a new type of hypodermic needle.

Birchbark baskets are often embellished with dyed porcupine quills.