Native North America Native North American archery has always stood for efficiency, accuracy, variety, and beauty. For all self bows, the pause at full draw should be very brief, and most should be rubbed twice a year with natural animal fat. The self bow is a deadly and accurate weapon and will last for many years if handled with appreciation, but the self bow cannot be treated as casually as glass-reinforced weapons. Ancestral Archery, bows by Rob Young Rob replicates bows from over 100 different tribes, primarily in North America, but also creates other rare productions such as Andaman, Egyptian Angular, and Russian Composite. His tribal research and documentation of tribal authenticity is careful and thorough.
Decorations are in acrylics except where primitive paints are noted.
The Egyptian Angular bow, not pictured, has a wood frame made up of a dozen wood pieces, horn belly, and sinew back. Can only approximate a requested draw weight. Fine shooting self bow in hickory by Paul Rodgers. This near-universal design is patterned after the artifact in the Harvard Peabody Museum. The name refers to the town in Massachusetts where the artifact was found.