Tumpline - finally finshed

[Mr Cake]

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[Wayne]

How many hours did it take you to complete?

 

[torjusg]

Very impressive

Torjus Gaaren

 

[Toddy]

Now that *is* good.
What did you use to weave the strap?

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[stovie]

Very impressive piece of work. Well done...bet your fingers ache

 

[ScottC]

Nice job, Stickie.

 

[BobFromHolland]

Looking great!

A great achievment of patience and skill if you ask me.

 

[tomtom]

thats a fantastic bit of work you have there and a very useful skill under your belt!

Well done :You_Rock_

 

[Hoodoo]

Not only impressive but gorgeous. :You_Rock_

 

[Topcat02]

Only just noticed this one, it looks even better in real life.

 

[pierre girard]

Looks great!

One thing: I've used these all my life, and I'm not quite getting the significance of the bone ring (never seen that before). On the long ones, we just have wooden toggles on the ends.

PG

 

[g4ghb]

it looks great!

now step forward the one brave enough to speak out and show wh ta fool he is........

whay exactly is a trumpline - and what is it for

skulks away quietly ...:sulkoff:

 

[g4ghb]

cool - thanks for the explanation mate!

 

[pierre girard]

it looks great!

now step forward the one brave enough to speak out and show wh ta fool he is........

whay exactly is a trumpline - and what is it for

skulks away quietly ...:sulkoff:

Tumps or portage collars are a strap, most often slightly wider in the center, about 12 to 16 feet long which are used to haul goods across a portage. Commonly used by Native Americans and 18th and 19th century French Canadian Voyagers.

http://www.tumpline.org/What is a tumpline.htm

Tumpline used to portage canoe:

http://paddlingcanada.com/kanawa/issues/fall02.php

PG

 

[g4ghb]

cheers guys! - have seen them before but never knew they had a name....

 

[pierre girard]

Just a little historical tidbit:

French Canadian Voyagers were expected to carry, with a tumpline, two "pieces" per trip on each portage. A piece weighed 90 pounds. They would carry this, bent over, and at a trot.

One local voyager, Pierre Bongo, held the historic record of carrying five pieces one mile. Pierre was part Ojibwe, part negro, son of a slave freed by his master who was a British officer at Michillimacinac just after the French and Indian War. Bongos (or Bongas) still live in our area.

PG

 

[pierre girard]

Crikey! I'm glad I modelled mine on those of California and the Great Basin - 9 foot was enough for me.

That would be a traditional voyager tump. They hauled a lot more than you or I.

PG

 

[Scally]

thanks graham for asking the question you are not the only one ?

You learn something new every day!
Gone to look up more!

 

[rich59]

Did you treat the finished tumpline with anything to keep the fibres pliable?

 

[rich59]

I had a short length of lime bark cordage in my shed for a while. It did get fairly dry and more fragile with time.

Could I use some sort of oil on my cordage to keep it pliable?