Lakota women and buffalo

[dT]

ladonna ... I sent you a personal message. I am looking for a source for genuine Native American bows for hunting. I don't want replicas. I actually want a real bow that can be used for shooting animals. I would prefer a traditional Native American bow ... but don't know anyone who makes them.

Update: I did find a couple of Webpages with custom-made bows, incl native american designs. But prices ran in the range of $900-$1200. This is too expensive for me. So I will be ordering a recurve bow from Europe and practicing with that. I expect to hunt wild hogs and pheasant in California this year.

thanks,
dT

[waganari]

Joseph M. Marshall III is a practitioner of primitive Lakota archery, having learned from his maternal grandfather the art of hand crafting bows and arrows. Joseph is also a specialist in wilderness survival. www.josephmarshall.com/

[gregor]

There are several books available in Germany that deal with Bow building. However, the authors seem to be English or American. Here are the books and authors:


"The Traditional Bowyer's Bible" by Paul Comstock, Gabriela Cosgrove and Tim Baker, Lyons & Burford (1994)

"Bent Stick Making & Using Wooden Hunting Bows" by Paul Comstock (1988)

"Traditional archery hunting: stories and advice about traditional bowhunting" (Kindle / English Edition) by Clay Hayes and Elizabeth Hayes


This is a German Website, which deals with traditional bow building:

www.jw-gpw.eu/Seiten/Seminare_Veranstaltungen/Workshop/TraditionellerBogenbau.html


Maybe this helps a little.

Toksha ake from Germany, Gregor.

[maxclint]

Nativeartstrading.com will supply bows made in the traditional ways ,by a Lakota man. I strongly recommend a visit to this site. It is located in scotland in the UK. Sharon and Barry are the two people behind it . Sharon is ,I believe, Cherokee. they make ,to order, many items, including ,shields, headress/warbonnets, shirts,,bows coup sticks etc.