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$140.00
This slim, sleek arrow is a museum-quality replica of authentic Anasazi/Cliff Dweller arrows that have been recovered in caves and rockshelters in the Four Corners region of the American southwest. This arrow copies every aspect of construction of the originals, including plant species and materials.
The shaft is made from reed which I recently collected in western Colorado. It has a hardwood foreshaft of greasewood from that same region and it’s tipped with a small side-notched stone point made of fine grained basalt from northern Arizona. The point is secured with pine sap glue and deer sinew wrapping. The arrow is fletched with wing feathers from a wild turkey and the feathers are quite short as many of the original arrows had. It also has a hardwood plug that’s been inserted into the rear of the hollow reed to make the nock crush-proof when the arrow was drawn and shot. These same nock plugs were used in authentic arrows, and I could see the small growth rings of the small twig that was used as the plug. So I did the exact same thing with this arrow and made the nock plug from a small twig. The area under the feathers is painted red.
This arrow would have been used to take medium and large sized game. The small stone point is identical to the authentic points that can still be found lying in the desert today. These small points focus the limited momentum of this lightweight arrow into a very small point, allowing for lethal penetration on large game. My own personal experiments have proved that the rather light draw weight bows of the Anasazi people and arrows like this one could bring down large game like deer and bighorn sheep.
This arrow is shipped in a sturdy PVC pipe to ensure safe delivery to your door. Total arrow length: 31 1/4 inches long. Free shipping to all U.S. customers.
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$45.00
This stone point is designed to screw into a standard modern carbon fiber or aluminum arrow. It weighs 130 grains and has a 7/8″ wide cutting diameter. It also has a non-barbed profile to conform to some state laws that require a non barbed broadhead design. The stone point is secured into a short hardwood foreshaft and is glued in with epoxy, then wrapped on with artificial sinew. To add to it’s deadly appearance, it’s painted in the same color scheme as a coral snake. Identical stone points I’ve made have been used to take big game in North America and even South Africa, so these points have proved deadly on a variety of big, tough game animals. This point allows even modern bowhunters to experience hunting with primitive points without having to change up their entire set up. These points can be shot from any compound bow, traditional bow, or crossbow. This point is designed for standard carbon fiber or aluminum arrows and will NOT fit into the newer, super slim carbon fiber arrows.
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$28.00
Three small but deadly sharp flint hunting points.
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$30.00
Three small but deadly flint hunting points.
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$155.00
This is a museum-quality replica of a Modoc arrow that was in the collection of the late Dr. Bert Grayson. The shaft is made from a syringa shoot. It’s fletched with turkey wing feathers and all the paint is natural earth ochre and charcoal. The side-notched point is made of obsidian from Glass Buttes, Oregon. It’s secured with pine sap glue and deer sinew, and the feathers are wrapped on both ends with deer sinew and they’re also glued to the shaft with hide glue, just like the original.
This arrow isn’t foreshafted…it’s a single shoot. The sinew wrap towards the front of the arrow is painted with ochre, and it’s believed these sinew wraps were draw point markers to help the archer draw each arrow consistently, which promoted consistent arrow placement when hunting.
The Modoc lived along Klamath Lake along the California/Oregon border.
Arrow is shipped in a sturdy PVC pipe to ensure safe delivery to your door.
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$130.00
Northern Paiute arrow replica based on authentic examples from Northern Nevada.
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$175.00
This beautiful arrow is a spot-on, museum-quality replica of one that’s part of a set of Miwok arrows from central California that are currently held in the Smithsonian’s collections. Every intricate detail of the original arrow is faithfully copied on this replica.
The shaft is made from a beautifully straight Oceanspray shoot. It’s tipped with an obsidian point that copies the unique shape of the obsidian points that were on the original arrows I examined. The point is held with pine pitch glue and then wrapped on with deer sinew.
The fletch is 3 turkey tail feathers that are wrapped on both ends with deer sinew and glued to the shaft with hide glue, just like the originals. The paint design exactly copies the original arrows.
Look closely at the shaft under the feathers and also behind the point…you’ll notice very fine rings sanded into the shaft that resemble threads on a machine screw. These same rings were present on the original arrows, and they’re a very common feature of Miwok arrows, as well as Hupa and Yurok arrows from farther north. These rings are created by sanding with horsetail rush. Creating these grooves is a time-consuming and painstaking operation.
Arrow Specs: Replica Sierra Miwok arrow from central California, oceanspray shoot, earth pigment paints, obsidian tip, 28″ long. Shipped in sturdy PVC pipe to ensure safe delivery to your door.
