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My first attempt at a Plains style quiver and bow case (river otter)
bareshaft12:
:o wow an that is awesome,great work.Can you tell me how much something like that cost in material?
swamp monkey:
Beads - less than $20
red flannel - around $10
thread $3
hardwood pole and leather for quiver cup $5
otter pelts. I used six. So either you have to obtain skin, flesh tan and soften six hides or purchase them. I do not know what an otter hide goes for today but would not expect them to be lower than $75 a piece. Either way you will REALLY think long and hard before you make the first cut on such beautiful pelt. Either you worked it and it is valuable, or you paid for it and it is valuable. I tfeels like cutting the Mona Lisa's canvas.
I got a lot of design tips from Jim Hamm's book Bow and Arrows of the Native Americans
My next quiver will be a coyote but that may take some time. I only have one hide so far. I need another and then the fun begins.
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