Primitive Archer
Information and Resources => Trading Post => Topic started by: bushboy on November 05, 2017, 11:38:44 am
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i have apair of genuine hand made from a cree lady that my daughter has grown out of,she has big feet.there is quite a bit of bead work with what i think is coyote fur.they have a sma[[ amount of wear but in very good condition.[m looking for osage staves or yew.will post some pics if there is interest
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post pics anyway.
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k,will do pat when my wife gets home,on closer inspection i think the fur is timber wolf,too fluffy for coyote.they where a gift from her nanna who is ojibwa/cree from the broken head reserve here in southern manitoba
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Here's a pic
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Excellent beadwork!! Sure wish I had a stave. About what size are they? Are you interested in other than staves?
Hawkdancer
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From what I am looking at, that is not worth a stave of any kind of wood. More like an acknowledged master bowyers finished bow and set of matched arrows.
I spent a winter working in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario. I saw many pairs of these kinds of footware in various places and coveted them in the extreme. I spent an hour sitting with a Cree woman in The Pas, Manitoba during the winter Trapper's Festival talking to her about the traditions and craft of beadwork. All I could afford was a pair of beaded rose appliques that were about four square inches each. Fair market value for those eight square inches of beadwork should be about $200+, considering material, time, and sheer depth of experience necessary to produce traditional work.
A serious collector from Germany would easily cough up $750 for that pair of mocs with provenance tracing to the maker. For those interested, this is a heck of a deal!
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JW,
I know that traditional work is very valuable, and often doesn't bring it's true price! I made a couple of beaded hat bands for myself and figured the cost now would be about $30-$40 per inch, and I don't even pretend to be Native American! Those are very nice mukluks, too. I would be reluctant to part with them, or I would pass them down as an heirloom.
Hawkdancer
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Thanks,maybe I will store them away.but I will post some better pics if the sun decides to shine anytime soon.on around the campfire.