An uncle of mine is a Native American Historian and wrote me this...a bit of a history lesson, pretty cool:
Cut off his head, case him out and make a quiver out of him. I've seen a quiver made out of an alligator gar done this way in a Paris museum. It was made in the 18th century and was collected from a Native in Canada and is part of the famous Royal Collection at the Musee de Quai Branly. This collection consists of American Indian items sent back to France for the Kings cabinet of curiosities and some items were used to educate his son, the young Dauphin (Louis the IVX, AKA The Sun King). It was labeled incorrectly as something else and I told the curator what is actually was. He was skeptical at first but now it is commonly referred to as a quiver and I believe they have changed the museum records as well. The French... Many have a "Little Napoleon" complex and don't take advice from Americans easily. As I reflect on how that fish quiver was made, they didn't cut off the head. They left it intact and opened the mouth up to serve as the opening for the arrows.
Topic: I shot Nessy last night! *now witth a cool history lesson* page 2 (Read 642 times)
