great plains indian bow and arrows

[Hummer3T]

sorry about the quality of the pics, check out the blunt and broadhead and nock end of the arrows.  This is a genuine great plains indian setup.






I think I need to make some of those blunts.

This is a true self bow, great example of compression and expansion wood use in a bow.

[Sam McMichael]

Neat! Where were these pics taken?

[Rob W.]

Cool pics. What was the blunt tip made of?


Rob

[Hummer3T]

Museum at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.  I beleive these would be from the Blackfoot or Dakota Souis?

[Hummer3T]

Rob, looked to be build right out of the same peice as the shaft, with maybe soaked in pine tar?

[Roger Norris]

Is that blunt wrapped with something? Very cool.

[Hummer3T]

I think wrapped in lead???

[Kamm1004]

Very cool! i've always bee fascinated with the plains indians bows and arrows, especially horseback shooting.
Any idea what the bows made out of? Looks to be ash and that was a common wood choice for many plains tribes. Some also traded for osage but i don't think thats osage.

[Tim Finley]

I have a 1800's Sioux Indian bow I bought at a local auction sale . The old guy was in his 80's and his dad had bought it from some indian when they pioneered in North Dakota . Its quite different from this one and mine is made from ash, has notches on only one end and a peg at the top . Not many survived...Tim

[Hummer3T]

Not sure , looks maybe like alder or hawthorne, if I had to guess.

[1Longbow]

My wife and I took the camper to Cody Wy. last year. If you want to see the finest  collection of plains indian bows and gear .Do yourself a favor and go to the Cody museum,just an unreal collection.