Powhatan's People Past & Present

Powhatan's People Past and Present
P.O. Box 1665
West Point, VA 23181
United States
ph: 804-366-5857
powhatanspeople@yahoo.com

MUSEUM QUALITY

EASTERN WOODLAND INDIAN

ARTIFACT REPRODUCTIONS

All artifacts are historically accurate 17th and 18th century American Indian artifact reproductions crafted by renowned Mattaponi Tribal artisan,

Samuel Opchanacanoe "Running Deer" McGowan.

Stone Knife with antler handle (shown above)
Item #02SKAH: Beautifully crafted of navaculite with an antler handle. Knife may be lashed with raw hide or secured with pine pitch as shown above. Please specify what type of lashing.
stone knife with wood handle
Item #01SKWH: Knapped navaculite knife blade on wood handle lashed with rawhide.
BONE KNIFE WITH WOODEN HANDLE
Item #03BKLH: Bone knife with handle wrapped in rawhide
Bone fish Hook Kit
Item #04BFHK: This kit shows the progression of the making of bone fish hooks. Mounted on leather. Kit rolls up and ties.
Bone needle kit
Item #06BSK: Kit includes a variety of bone needles: rib & leg bone thatching needles for sewing reed mats, sewing needles and two awls. Kit is mounted in self containing roll-up deer hide case.
Individual needles may also be purchased:
Item #07IBN
cane reed arrow with or without foreshaft
Item #14CRA: Hollow arrow made from River-cane with turkey feather fletching. Fore-shaft with bone or stone tip. Please specify preference.
Polished Greenstone axe or knapped navaculite scrapper
Item #05PSA: Smoothly polished stone axe (pictured on far left) mounted in hardwood handle (specify small or large).
Item #06SWH: Hide scrapper with chipped blade on hardwood handle lashed with rawhide.
Bark Berry Basket
Item #10BBB: Baskets made of native tree bark lashed with handmade cordage or rawhide.
Shell & Copper Necklace or choker
Item #08SCN: Necklace made with a conk shell medallion and trade copper.
Item #09SCC: Choker made with conk shell medallions and trade copper mounted on deerhide. Please give neck measurement in inches.
Item #26CGNS: Also available but not pictured. Large copper gorget with shell necklace. Gorget approximately 3"x 4" on sinew.
Hand coiled cookpot
Item #12CCP: Available in small or large. These traditional Powhatan cookpots are hand coiled and fired.
wooden grinding bowl & wooden spoon
Item #11WGB: Handcrafted wooden bowl used for crushing nuts or berries.
Item #12WS: Wooden spoon crafted from native hardwoods.
other items available
- Digging Stick Item #24DS: De-barked stick used in Powhatan farming
- Powhatan Garden Hoe Item #25GH: Garden hoe crafted from a deer scapula with a hardwood handle.
- Powhatan Rake Item #26PR: Fashion from deer antler lashed with rawhide to hardwood handle
- Turkey Feather Fan Item #25TFF: Fan used in Powhatan kitchen to increase the heat of coals around cookpot.
- Turkey Call Item #27TC: Turkey call made from the wing bone of the turkey.
- Clam Shell Scrappers Item #28CSS: Clam shell scrappers used in the tanning process of animal hides by Eastern Woodland Indians.
- Cradle Board Item # 29CB: Used to keep babies safe while mothers worked.
- Reproduction War Club Item#16RWC: Two types of warclubs may be purchased. Ballclub or a manacock. Please call for more information.
- Straight and forked fish spears with barbs Item #19FFSB
- Quiver Item#18RQ: Quiver made of deer hide fur on or off. Please specify.
- Corn Grinder with Pestle Item#20WCG
Other items available on request. Please don't hesitate to call us if you need an item not on our list. If we can't produce it ourselves, we can find you a source.