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    Indian and Camp Handicraft
    Indian and Camp Handicraft
    Indian and Camp Handicraft
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    Indian and Camp Handicraft

    By W. Ben Hunt

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    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateOct 17, 2011
    ISBN9781447492269
    Indian and Camp Handicraft
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    W. Ben Hunt

    W. Ben Hunt, born at the close of the nineteenth century, spent many years roaming the Midwest and living occasionally with Native American tribes. The line drawings he made on such excursions preserved the Native American's survival techniques. An author of more than twenty books, he died in 1970.

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      Indian and Camp Handicraft - W. Ben Hunt

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      Indian and Camp Handicraft

      IT IS well for leaders of camps or scout troops to have some work that the boys can do with simple tools, things a boy will be glad to make and to take home and use or put in his room. The selection of suitable projects may present difficulties and take lots of time. It may mean trips to libraries and museums and even then, much work will have to be done to put the project material in such shape that the boys can use it in making things. The object of this series of plates is to present projects that have been tested in camps and with boy-scout troops. Many of these projects require no other tool than a pocketknife. Each article has been made, out of the materials indicated, not only by the author, but also by members of his boy-scout troop. The projects have appeared in Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, but numerous requests for their publication in book form have been received. For this reason they are herewith reproduced, a little explanatory matter having been added to each plate.

      It may be well to mention also that it is not necessary to follow the instructions accompanying each plate to the last detail. Other materials than those mentioned may serve just as well. If, for instance, no rawhide is available for thongs, the so-called rawhide lacing, or pigskin lacing; good heavy cord, waxed if necessary; or soft copper wire, the ends of which are twisted and bent down so as not to scratch, may be used. The tom-tom, for example, may be made of some other leather. Its tone may not be the same as that of one made with rawhide, but it will sound fairly well and will look equally well after it has been decorated. The directions given for soaking or stretching the rawhide must, however, be followed also for the substituted leather. Then, too, while the projects are proportioned correctly, there are times when the materials at hand will not permit making them the exact size or shape shown. In such cases the designs may, of course, be altered, using the drawings as a basis.

      The Indian worked with the things he had on hand. Years ago, they decorated many of their birch-bark baskets and many other articles which they used with dyed porcupine quills. At that time these quills were easy to get. Now beads are cheap and can be more easily obtained. Consequently beads are used more often than the quills. Today the tepees are no longer made of skins sewed together, but of canvas. Leggings that were at one time made of soft buckskin are now mostly made of blanket cloth or other material that may be on hand or obtained easily. As soon as the white man brought iron to this country, the Indian made use of it for arrowheads, knives, and tomahawks, and the stone and flint, which he had previously used for these purposes, were discarded. Therefore, use the material on hand and substitute it for the material that is specified. Water-color paints are just as bright and beautiful as those prepared with oil. However, if water colors are used they should be shellacked or varnished to protect them against moisture. If beads are not available for decorating, paint the designs on the wood or leather or cloth with glossy enamel or lacquer. A brightly decorated buckskin vest at a recent powwow showed, upon closer inspection, painted instead of beaded decorations.

      The Workshop

      Boys frequently ask Where can we work? The individual boy or a small group of boys can usually work in the home basement, a corner

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