Moose Hair Tufting

[dodger]

My wife is going to teach some young people and some other women the art of Moose hair tufting. She has asked me to see if anyone has a chunk of hide from the rump or shoulder area where the hairs are " white " that we may be able to purchase?

Any help with this would be appreciated as she wants to pass on a dying art form.

Thanks Dodger.

[Walleye Willy]

We picked up a couple of moose hair tufting flowers 30 years ago on a trip to NWT. Wife had them framed and they still hang on our wall. Would be sad to see this art form fade away.

[Tundra Monkey]

Those are nice ones WW.....from the Liard area???

Amazing what those things cost

[Walleye Willy]

I believe they are from Fort Providence. They are a pleasant souvenir from a road trip we did 29 years ago.

[waterninja]

Thanks for the pics Willie. I had no idea what moose hair tufting was. Never heard of it before. Looks quite nice.

[Opa]

We have both moose hair tuftings & caribou hair tuftings hanging in our house, given to us by a native friend from Coppermine. We have birch bark bitings from north of Thompson, Man, done by Canada's premiere birch bark artist(deceased). My sister who lives in the US & bro, both native art collectors offered some outrageous money for them. Needless to say I refused it, in order to hand them down to my kids, who grew up in the far North and both appreciate it!!!