Hey!

[malpaso]

This world is really getting smaller, great to have contact with you all.

[tsalagidave]

Nice to have you here Scandanavia, welcome. What tribe do you recreate? I am a mixed-blood tribal citizen and I am sure that there are plenty of us here that have original items to be referenced for your impression if needed.

Thanks

-Dave

[jameshunt]

Amazing to see the number of folk that do American history, welcome.

[tsalagidave]

Yes, I have heard of the Sapmi. They are a fascinating culture. I wish that I knew more about them.

I will try to get you some closeups of the items that I have. Some of my family has lived next to the reservation lands in Nebraska since the 1860s. Many white people were friends with the American Indians. My family's ranch was constantly visited by them. Sometimes they traded items, sometimes they were gifts and other times my family bought these things from them. Now I own the collection. Almost all of it is from the 1870-1890s. I have ceremonial drums, moccasins, "peace" pipe, arrows, war clubs, bags, bead work etc.

Here are some of the moccasins, arrows, head band and some beadwork. I have it all laid out on an original frontier homespun blanket that was made some time between 1750 and 1850.

I'll post a few other pictures here and I'll try to get some close-up detail images as well.

Thanks

-Dave

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[tsalagidave]

Here are some war clubs. The handles are thin willow switches that flexed when swung. This resulted in a blackjack effect that whipped the soapstone head into an opponent. The Rams head was for ceremonial purposes, I have one shaped like a tomahawk also. The war clubs have handles wrapped in rawhide and/or woven horsehair. The ceremonial ones are covered in bead-work.

Once again, welcome to the site. I look forward to talking more with you.

Dewidi Woditsas (aka. Dave)

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[buckskin billy]

great pictures dave. i could look at stuff like that all day.

girdi olmmi has been like a brother to me. we have emailed each other almost every day for the pass 3 or 4 years. we got to know each other from a brain tanning forum, and from another forum that i admin.
as we have gotten to know each other we found that we share alot of the same interest.
girdi olmmi is a true artist and i hope he will share some pictures of his work here. i have seen pictures of alot of his work and own some of his work as well. it is truly breath taking.