Indian guns?

[Treestalker]

Gentlemen, could we see some pictures of your Native American decorated guns? Thanks, George.

 

[colmoultrie]

This is not an original, but since no one has posted yet....

 

[Treestalker]

Thanks Col, nice fowler. Looks like this is a dead subject, :td: George.

 

[Eric Krewson]

 

[Captjoel]

 

[Captjoel]

 

[Wes/Tex]

http://www.mcpheetersantiquemilitaria.com/02_firearms/02images/0036cbrown_1a.JPG
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ColonialScout3/Cowboy Stuff/11054667_1_x.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/da/da/32/dada320059e3ebed3dba19814aae3dd5.jpg

You do have to be careful with old guns....not every tack decorated one was done by Native owners. Lot of fakes out there!

 

[Black Hand]

The idea has been overly-romanticized and more people today carry them, but it would be unlikely that many whites in the period would have owned/carried a tacked gun. Having one might suggest that you had killed its native owner which could prove to be detrimental to your health...

 

[Captjoel]

As the old settler said to the Indian as he was dodging a slew of arrows, "You got a good point there!" :grin: :hmm:

 

[19 16 6]

Would the tacking be an owners identification marking or just purely decoration or in place of notches or what ? O.

 

[Black Hand]

Might be purely decorative but most likely were significant to the owner in some way.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Would the tacking be an owners identification marking or just purely decoration or in place of notches or what ? O.

From what I can tell, the tacking patterns are a mix of decorative and possibly mystic or spiritual. We as a society have a tendency to read too much into some native markings and, by the other direction, may not understand the specific meaning of any symbol marked item to it's owner. A few symbols are known while many others may have significance only to the owner...then again, it might just be pretty! :wink: :haha: