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Christian Soldier:
Howdy, Just wanted to see if anyone had any advice on woven quivers. Let me elaborate in TBB 1 in the section on "Western Indian Bows" there is a picture of a few western style quivers one of which is made of tule. but living in the NE Woodlands tule is not available so do you think it would be possible to use cattail shafts?  http://books.google.com/books?id=Du7S2qjEoRgC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=traditional+bowyer's+bible+tule+quiver&source=bl&ots=JeQfR3NNc8&sig=5hDtc5aSMOm6QmXWujn3LU6MA9g&hl=en&ei=A2moTtTnOaq80AGb9cyFDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

The other reason I like this design is instead of having the whole thing basket woven, it only has a few  (12 or so) cross weaves to go through the ribbing, substansialy cutting down on the amount of work.

sadiejane:
cattail reeds might work really well. i've been meaning to gather some for this very application.
heres a vid series on youtube that shows the basics of weaving a quivers
in this particular series he uses cane but i think you could take the same instructions and apply to many materials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f79zZiCO0zU

Pat B:
I cut some blackberry canes but never got around to using them. I believe the Cherokee made baskets using blablberry canes among other things. I cut two 2 summers ago that were almost 1' in diameter and ablou 7' or 8' long. Wear good leather gloves if you decide to try some. The thorns scrape right off.

fishfinder401:
i think it would work, and welcome to PA ;)
noel

swamp monkey:
I have not made a quiver of cattails but have made some mats that I tote around doing programs for schools. I used leaves and stalks alike.  It is not super durable, but it has made it five years of not so gentle use.  l but I would expect it to work in a pinch.  I just wouldn't hope for it to last extra long. 

JMO

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