Making an exhibit of primitive Bow and Arrows for the Fairfield museum...
Primitive Archery by: NORTH WOOD TRADITIONAL ARCHERY
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| A display of Native American Archery made for the museum exhibit showing primitive arrows and buckskin quiver |
Mohegans are the tribe associated with my exact location in Oxford CT... Thanks to the art work by Steve Allely I was able to make a reproduction of one of their bows. As a hunter, I can appreciate the very small size of this bow, as the hills are very easy to hide in a crouching position from the ground, so long as the bow can be drawn while kneeling.
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| A display for the new museum exhibit on arrow making at the Fairfield Museum |
The arrows were made with local materials to simulate what they may have looked like, and the arrow heads are ancient quartz points supplied by the museum
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| This is a copy from a historical Indian bow, Mohegan Tribe. |
Very often, I feel the presence of ancient crafts people in my workshop. Nothing that I can possibly do has not been done before by my predecessors. It is both humbling and honoring to be a part of such an ancient lineage, and to work in a real way to collaborate on these arrows with an ancient arrowhead maker.
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| The little stick was used to burn feathers to shape on the arrow |
In the old ways, the easiest way to shape the feathers on the arrows is by burning with the end of a stick.
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| Showing the several components in hafting a stone point to an arrow shaft |
In this museum display of Native American Archery, I have staged a primitive arrow, and as you can see, there are some very complicated steps requiring a knowledge and skill with local resources such as animal tendon, pine pitch epoxy made from heating pine pitch with fine charred dust (shiny black thing in the middle
I hope you enjoy this information and visit my website to see more of my custom wood bows and arrows
