California Tribal Arts - Hunting Equipment

CALIFORNIA TRIBAL ARTS

Hunting Equipment

	YOKUTS ARROW FORESHAFTS Arrow foreshaft types used by the Yowlumne Yokuts, made from live oak, chamise or wild lilac, 8 - 12" long; replicas of examples collected by Frank Latta. #501a - Javelin - stone point attached with sinew and sealed with asphaltum; #501b - "Skipbomb" shaft for ducks - stone point at - tached with sinew and asphaltum, tule skip float; #501c - War shaft - stone point attached with sinew; #501d - Bird shaft - crossed sticks attached with sinew; #501e - Squirrel shaft - wood barb attached with sinew;

	BOWS Top: Paiute type bow shaped from cedar, backed with brain-tanned deer sinew, raw deerskin-wrapped grip, braided sinew bowstring; approx. 44" long. #510. Center: Hupa-Karok-Yurok bow shaped from aged yew wood, painted with traditional designs, twined sinew bowstring, 36 - 42" long. #511 Bottom: Maidu/Miwok bow of mountain mahogany, braided sinew bowstring, 36 - 40" long. #512.
	ARROWS Left: Yokuts shaft for use with foreshafts (see #501 above); cane shaft with feather fletching attached with sinew and asphalatum, approx. 25 - 26" long. #502. Center: Hupa-Karok-Yurok; syringa shaft with carved bone point, approx. 30 - 33" long. #503. Far left: Cahuilla type; backshaft of baccharis salicifolia, foreshaft of chamise, obsidian point, fletching attached with deer sinew and pine pitch; approx. 28 - 30" long. #504.