INDIAN BOWMAKER

The willow Indian bow's sharp edges are rasped smooth and its ends cut narrow for nocks. Andres Albañes uses a knife blade to plane the bow and polish it. Albañes is pictured in the 1990s stringing the completed primitive weapon. In the bottom photo, he is pictured drawing an arrow on the finished willow bow.

PRIMITIVE INDIAN BOWMAKING DEMONSTRATION Pictures

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Photos and text courtesy of Paul D. Campbell, author of SURVIVAL SKILLS OF NATIVE CALIFORNIA, where the KUMEYAAY.INFO excerpted material was originally published. Paul's book features living (and deceased) Native American California Indigenous people, and details their traditional weapons used for hunting and aboriginal survival methods...Paul's book is available at Shumup Ko Hup Indian store WEBSITE HOWKA.COM

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