Focused on historical accuracy,
balanced design
& material authenticity
Historical accuracy is the holy grail of www.matotope.com. The concept of each reproduction is based on careful research of extant historic pieces, paintings and photographs. Every aspect is taken into account. The goal is a reproduction that fully respects and preserves historical and tribal frameworks.
Design is equally important. I put great emphasis on attractive and balanced design. Finding a suitable pattern takes a lot of time, because it is necessary to try different combinations of colors and patterns to achieve the optimal result.
I use only authentic materials, the same as Plains Indians used in the 19th century: brain-tanned leather (wet and dry-scraped), saved list broadcloth, old color beads, old color quills dyed with natural dyes, natural pigment colors for painting and of course genuine sinew for sewing.
I consider the Indian Wars and Fur Trade to be the most fascinating periods, which is why I focus on them. To the contrary, I don’t deal with the reservation period (after 1880) at all, because Indian art in the reservation period declined and lost its free spirit, the spirit of the old buffalo days.
Since I got a Kibler long rifle, I decided to make a case for it. The rifle suffers a lot on reenacting camps and a case can help, is practical and can be nice. The choice fell on a gun case in the Indian style of the Athabascan speaking tribes. Such gun cases are simple, historically accurate and practical as well as pretty.
Brain tanning is an ancient, traditional and natural method of processing hides and pelts. It was known not only to the Native American peoples of
The quill-wrapped horsehair (QWHH) technique is one of the most exacting and fascinating quillwork techniques ever. It involves using thin bundles of horsehair as a
Porcupine quillwork decoration was widespread in most northern regions of the North American continent in pre-reservation times. Prior to the contact with whites, who introduced glass
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