Don’t miss this exciting encore to Charles Overstreet’s award winning first book. Book II follows the format of the highly successful first book, but provides a completely new set of projects to explore. The new handbook focuses on arts, crafts and accoutrements made and used by the Plains and Mountain Indians of North America. The […]
This book contains chapters on hunting pouches, hunting pouch straps, powder horns, powder and shot containers, gunpowder, percussion cap containers, bullet molds, lad ladles, lead ingot molds, vent and nipple picks, powder measures, powder and shot measures, powder funnels, worms and cleaning equipment, gun lock cover, knives, patch knives, long knives, folding knives, daggers and […]
Explores how beads are made, looks at the areas from which beads originate, and examines how they are used, not only in adornment but as forms of money and as a show of wealth and power.
Etienne Provost (1785-1850), although a powerful man in his own time, has until now been a shadowy figure weaving in and out of the history of the American fur trade. He never learned to read or write, so we have nothing of his own to judge him by. We do not even know if he […]
Period: Colonial Description: Although this jacket was most frequently worn by working men, gentleman did wear the garment for sporting activities. There are many variations to the jacket in terms of collar, cuffs, pocket arrangement, length and the parallel evolution of both single and double breasted variants. Size & Fitting Info: Men’s M, L, & XL Manufacturer: Country […]
Period: Regency/Romantic Description: This pattern has been created from an original in the Wade Collection, Snowshill, at Berrington Hall, Leominster, (Hereford) and is reproduced here with the kind thanks of Althea MacKenzie, Curator. Half gowns as this were usually considered to be casual “undress” clothing for wearing at home. This gown can easily be made […]
Buckskinning is a branch of historical reenactment concentrating on the fur trade with different areas in the period of the Old West (approximately dated between 1800 to 1840). Participants may choose to portray mountain men, American Indians, traders, missionaries, or anybody else who might have been in the Rocky Mountains between 1800-1840. Buckskinning grew out […]
A pow wow is a social gathering held by many different Native American communities. The word derives from the Narragansett word powwaw, meaning “spiritual leader”. A similar gathering by California Native Peoples usually in the fall is called a Big Time. A modern pow wow is a specific type of event for Native American/First Nations […]
American Civil War reenactment is an effort to recreate the appearance of a particular battle or other event associated with the American Civil War by hobbyists known (in the United States) as Civil War reenactors, Civil War recreationists, or living historians. History Reenacting the American Civil War began even before the real fighting had ended. […]