Traditionally Decorated 20 pound Target Bow with Arrows and Bead Work ( LETS GO HUNTING ) 0001-246132-NC
Traditionally Decorated 20 pound Target Bow with Arrows and Bead Work
People have asked us for a traditional bow that they can actually shoot with, and we tell them, it will be too expensive, especially if its made with traditional materials and methods. This is our new answer to that question: An inexpensive, lightweight fiberglass target bow with a 20 lb. draw weight decorated with genuine leather, feathers and traditional hand strung beading. The natural leather is dyed Doeskin and has been artfully wrapped. This bow comes with two bone tipped 25" hunting arrows and two target arrows. Best to save the hand made arrows and use the target arrows if you want to shoot with this bow. The bow measures 44" from tip to tip. Due to the hand made nature of our artifacts, some variations may exist from piece to piece.
Indian warriors gained status not only from their success from battle, but also their skills in crafting weapons. The wood for Bow and Arrows is cut during the winter when the sap is down and goes through a curing process where it is hung up to dry. Typically Bow woods used are Ash, Black Locust, Black Cherry, Osage Orange, White Oak and Hickory. Arrows were made mostly from dogwood, yaupon holly, witch hazel and willow because they could be smoothed and straighten easily. Arrow points made of noviculite and obsidian are chipped with a moose and deer antler. Youths learned that turkey or buzzard feathers made better arrow fletching than hawk or eagle feathers because the latter were more easily ruined by blood. Weapons gain spiritual potency from the divine power of the natural materials from which they are made, such as attaching a bears jaw bone to a metal blade to tap into the bear's super natural might.
Bows became smaller, as short as two and a half feet in some cases, as the need for weapons that could easily be carried on horseback increased. A few western tribes were able to craft good bows from the horns of elk and bighorn sheep. Smaller bow packed less power, so warriors compensated by using them at closer range and firing faster. Cheyenne braves were said to be able to unleash six arrows in such rapid order that all would be in flight before the first arrow struck its target, though claims of such skills were often exaggerated. The Western Apache used potent toxins made from deer's spleen and various roots and plants to increase the killing power of their lightweight bows. |