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Smoking bag, Strike-a-lite and sewing kit
Smoking bag and pipes: Muskrat skin Tobacco/Pipe bag. Case skinned, tanned, slit at neck, red trade wool lining face and opening. Small braintan deer hide tobacco pouch. Pipes reproductions from various sources: Caddo pipes from American Museum of Natural History that I made; frog and raven pipes inspired by various effigy pipes made by Michael Stuckey of Panama City, FL; large open mouth pelican pipe from Yamassee Hokte of Ancient Hands pottery (http://www.ancienthands.com/). All stems are river cane. Tavern pipes were traded to native people as well.
Strike-a-lite kit: Flint and steel striker. In tin is charred river birch and paper willow bark and "tinder conk", a lichen that grows on various trees, especially birch and willow. Ball of shredded cedar bark serves as tinder. Usually stored in a small braintan pouch that lives in my smoking bag.
Needle case and needles. Case made from bobcat leg bone. Spool of heavy waxed linen saddle thread. Wooden handled pointed awl for round holes. Horn handled hand-forged awl, rectangular in cross-section. Both hand forged from high carbon steel stays sharp and can be resharpened easily.
Small hand forged scissors that are typical of those traded to natives. References: O’Neil, James, Their Bearing is Noble and Proud (Vols 1 and 2) Hudson, Charles. The Southeastern Indians. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1976. Trade lists from the University of Georgia Southeastern Native American Database: http://www.galileo.peachnet.edu/ Neumann, George C. and Frank J. Kravic. Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Texarkana, TX, Scurlock Publishing Company, 1997.
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