The Pequot Museum
First Saturday Crafts, Fletching Arrows & Beading Circle
On Saturday, Feb. 1, visitors to the Pequot Museum enjoyed a day full of activites and workshops. In our Gathering Space, Dr. Manuel Lizarralde, professor of Ethnobotany at Connecticut College, a bowyer and arrow maker for the last 25 years, demonstrated how to fletch an arrow. During our First Saturday Crafts, visitors learned about the importance of the butterfly and made one out of recycled items as well as enjoyed a creepy-crawly treat. Our featured artist, Elizabeth James Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) led a porcupine quill embroidery class in one of our classrooms, where students learned how to sew porcupine quills onto a small leather bag.
First Saturday Crafts, Fletching Arrows & Beading Circle
On Saturday, Feb. 1, visitors to the Pequot Museum enjoyed a day full of activites and workshops. In our Gathering Space, Dr. Manuel Lizarralde, professor of Ethnobotany at Connecticut College, a bowyer and arrow maker for the last 25 years, demonstrated how to fletch an arrow. During our First Saturday Crafts, visitors learned about the importance of the butterfly and made one out of recycled items as well as enjoyed a creepy-crawly treat. Our featured artist, Elizabeth James Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) led a porcupine quill embroidery class in one of our classrooms, where students learned how to sew porcupine quills onto a small leather bag.