Hello, this is the latest bow that I have built its 44 inches long and has a 22 inch draw at about 55 pounds, I am from the Pit River nation and am in the Atsugewi tribe. The markings on my bow are Atsugewi tribal markings that represent Geese flying in a V formation, this bow is very similar to the type of bow that Ishi used and that my tribe also used, The Atsugewi people historically used Yew in their bowmaking but this bow is of Fruitless Mulberry.
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that's a great lookin bow. never made one of those short bows, but that has me thinkin.

very cool.im cherokee and blackfoot and my family has lost much of its heritage, i always love seeing recreations of tribal art and implements.

Silent Bear, does the bow have sinew on the back?

Very nice..

Great looking bow-I love the quiver, too.  Any close ups of that?  Thanks for sharing

Jeremy

that's a really nice looking bow. Ilove the contrast of the heartwood on the belly. beautiful job, ditto on the quiver

thanks for all of the great comments guys, yes the bow has 2 layers of deer sinew on the back, the quiver is of antelope from Africa, I could maybe snap a couple closeup pictures of it tonight

Nice job Silent Bear!

Please show us the 22" full draw, also!  Good looking bow, btw.

Very nice bow! Let's see a full draw pic.

Very nice indeed!!

yup a full draw pic would be good as it looks like it sure could fling an arrow. nice job indeed!!      

I will try and get a full draw pic up in the next couple of days, thanks guys

very nice...

Your bow reminds me of this picture

hi Silent Bear very stuning bow could you please email me i'm live in the midwest and i'm doing research on native american/tribal bow wanting to talk directly to members that do make these so i can make something true to form not looking to read about it because i have but to be able to have live contact for referals if you can please email me tischnl@netzero.net LjT thanks

thanks for all of the great comments guys, tishtail I would be glad to help you I sent you an email

Silent Bear,
I notice you are holding the bow in your left hand but have the arrow pass on the right side of the bow.  Is this the way the Atgusewi Tribe built and shot their bows?
The picture has become even more interesting to me when I saw that.

Yes that is the way most west coast natives shot, look up ishi and the way he shot, Ishi's tribe was a neighbor of the Atsugewi so there methods are similar the main difference is the Atsugewi did not use the same release as ishis