Indian handcrafts / How to Craft Dozens of Practical Objects Using Traditional Indian Techniques

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Indian handcrafts / How to Craft Dozens of Practical Objects Using Traditional Indian Techniques / C. Keith Wilbur.

Wilbur, C. Keith, 1923- (Author).

Summary:

Describes and gives instructions for making, a variety of traditional Indian tools, implements, clothing, toys, ornaments, and other items.

Record details

ISBN: 0871064960
ISBN: 0791045285
ISBN: 9780791045282
Physical Description: 135 pages, [5] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Chelsea House, 1997, c1990.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Originally published: Chester, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, c1990.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-[137]) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Atlatl: A throwing stick -- Construction -- Atlatl making today -- Dart -- Bows: Crafting today's bow -- Arrows: Probable arrow making of the Late Archaic Culture -- Reproducing the arrow -- Archery form -- Arrow points -- Reproducing the arrow point -- Arrow points of other materials -- Lashing arrow points -- Decoys: Reproducing the duck decoy -- Goose decoy -- Snare: Reproducing the "Figure 4" -- Fish spears: Reproducing the bone fish spear -- Iron fish spears -- Purse net: Reproducing the purse net -- The wigwam: The roundhouse -- The longhouse -- Reconstructing the wigwam frame -- Covering the frame -- Dugout canoes: Reproducing the dugout -- Paddles -- Trade shirt -- Finger-woven belt: Reproducing the woven belt -- Braiding patterns -- Snakeskin belt -- Algonquian footwear: Moccasin decoration -- Natural dyes -- Lacings: Lacings from plants -- Root lacings -- Thread and cordage -- Bark containers: Notes on crafting white-birch containers -- Container patterns -- Carved utensils: Reproducing the burl bowl -- Hardwood bowl -- Burl noggin -- Drinking cup -- Spoon -- Ladle -- Scoop -- Metal spoons: Reproducing spoons -- Annealing -- Gourd containers -- Pottery: Clay sources and qualities -- Preparation -- Making the pot -- Indian garden: Plotting the garden plot -- After the harvest -- Simple Indian cooking -- Maple sugaring: Making maple syrup and sugar today -- Fire by friction: Reproducing the rubbing stick -- Strike-a-light -- Tinder horn -- Strike-a-light-pouch -- Knives: Reproducing the knife -- Knife sheaths -- Crooked knife -- False-face mask-Iroquois -- Indian broom -- Mortars and pestles -- Snowshoes: Reconstructing the snowshoe -- Steaming the wood -- King Philip's "tomahawk": Stolen! -- Children's toys: Cattail duck -- Cattail doll -- Cornhusk doll -- Toy ax -- Ceramic doll -- Games: Dice game -- Pin game -- Snow snake -- Soapstone pipes: Prehistoric pipe making -- Reproducing a bowl pipe -- Pump drill: Making a no-frills pump drill -- Ornaments: Drilled beads -- Reproducing drilled beads -- Copper beads -- Crafting rolled beads -- Pendants -- Other decorations.