native american archery?

[sadiejane]

anyone here collect na archery tackle? or know of a good site or message board that that is the focus? have some arrows id like to find out more about.
supposedly Sioux/Assiniboine arrows from the late 1800’s. Eastern Montana. Ft. Peck Reservation.
   

appreciate your thoughts
thanks

[2treks]

Cool Arrows.No help for you though.

[damascusdave]

I need to reconnect with my friend Phil Hall who is a Sioux historian and lives in South Dakota. He should be able to give me some idea of who would have expertise about those arrows.

When you think of their age those arrows are in incredibly good shape. I would think they are very realistically museum quality.

DDave

[Gila Mike]

You might get some good info from the folks on the Arrows forum (or other forums) at the Primitive Archery magazine site:

 http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?board=3.0  

Good Luck!
Mike

[damascusdave]

Just off the top of my head you might also contact Joe St Charles, the son of Glenn St Charles, who ran the Pope and Young/St Charles museum in Washington State for many years. Joe ought to be able to either tell you about the arrows or tell you where to look. You might also want to go to the Pope and Young website and contact the museum directly.

The only way I know to get in touch with Joe is to go on the big auction site, do a search for stcharlesarchery and then send Joe a message. Give him some time to answer, he is both old and busy.

One thing for sure is that there is a ton of good information available through this site and you never know where it will come from. Two years ago I barely knew who Glenn St Charles was.

DDave

[damascusdave]

Cool username, Mike. Not sure I even wanna know how you got it.   :eek:

DDave

[damascusdave]

The phone number for the museum, which is now in Minnesota, is 507-867-4144.

DDave

[sadiejane]

cool-thanks guys. will follow up on yr suggestions.

yes they are in amazing shape. my understanding is they have been in the same family since they were procured from fort peck.

[Liquid Amber]

There are good references available.  Jim Hamm has published several volumes dealing with Native American stuff, complete with superb illustrations.

Otis T. Mason's classic work "North American bows, arrows and quivers" from 1893 is available both in reprint and on-line. The most comprehensive information on the subject I'm aware of.  Mason's work was done and originally published  in the Smithsonian Annual Review.

[sadiejane]

thanks la-have jimm hamms books.
found masons just now for less than $10 shipped. its on the way. appreciate the recommendation.

[Gila Mike]

Originally posted by damascusdave:
Cool username, Mike. Not sure I even wanna know how you got it.    :eek:  

DDave

Who me?

I'm lucky enough to live very close to the Gila Wilderness and to have spent a LOT of time up there with the elk and other critters.

   
Mike

[damascusdave]

I had visions of you looking like a Gila monster, so this is good news, other than the fact that we are now all incredibly jealous.

Glad to have a new addition to the tradgang family. Just a word of warning. Take a look at some of my posts in the last two years since I became a member and you will see that being on here can get pretty expensive. One more longbow and then I am done buying for a  while though.

DDave