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Sunday-go-to-meetin Black Bear quiver

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half eye:
Thanks fellas, Scowler@ the quiver is in the GreatLakes Riverine style (foot and canoe culture) where the quivers go toward the right shoulder and usually dont have a bow case (usually, some do exist but mostly not). The plains tribes, including the western Ojibwe (Bungi) were in the plains style which was over the left shoulder and usually includes a bow case and acessory pouch. It's my understanding that the plains style were done left shoulder so they could be rotated to the front and dropped over the whole body which made the arrows accessible to the right hand like in a saddle scabbard. The Eastern Ottawa, Ojibwe, Wyandot, Ho Chunck etc. usually carried thier bows in the hand.

I got the bear skin Idea from a plains style in Otis Mason's report to the Smithsonian, where he shows a Shoshoean black Bear quiver trimmed with ermine skin. Thanks for the compliment,sir.
rich

okiecountryboy:
Wow Rich,
Your functional art is always an inspiration too me.
your like the living Smithsonian Inst. ( on old joke intended  ;D )

I've said this before...You need to write a book and spread the knowledge, not that you don't already, freely and at anytime.

post more

Ron

ErictheViking:
another beauty Rich. awesome stuff

Scowler:
Thanks for the correction, half eye.  Learn something new every day.

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