Native American Wood Lacrosse Stick

Custom handmade hickory traditional wooden lacrosse sticks are strung with traditional catgut leather.

Native american wood lacrosse stick.

Stickball on the other hand continues in oklahoma and parts of the southeastern u s. Where the game originated. Lacrosse has its origins in a tribal game played by eastern woodlands native americans and by some plains indians tribes in what is now the united states of america and canada. Vintage lacrosse wood wooden stick indian native american w leather web view photos for better idea of condition.

Stick is still very sturdy but would probably be suited best as a decor piece. Very few people make traditional native american lacrosse sticks today. Mohawk lacrosse is the company to turn to for lacrosse sticks wooden or plastic. There were hundreds of native men playing a ball game with sticks.

The game was extensively modified by european colonizers to north america to create its current collegiate and professional form. Mens field stick 200. It is very difficult to make native american lacrosse sticks. Native american lacrosse sticks are wooden while contemporary lacrosse sticks are metal.

The team is the only native american team that has been authorized to play a sport internationally and has been competing in international lacrosse since 1990 according to the team s website. A bundle of several dozen wooden lacrosse sticks leans against the back wall each ready to be carved straightened balanced cut drilled sanded shellacked netted inscribed then finally. A stick takes 10 months to complete thanks to an extensive drying process and sells for about 350 apiece compared to 100 to 300 for modern lacrosse sticks. Products are clearly marked.

Wood lacrosse sticks traditional hickory and leather buy repair supplies re string fix wood lacrosse sticks is the world s first online home and open market place for stick makers. Stickball and lacrosse are similar to one another the game of lacrosse is a tradition belonging to tribes of the northern united states and canada. Indigenous north american stickball is considered to be one of the oldest team sports in north america. Players box lacrosse stick 200.

Has a nail hole on the shaft that has caused a hairline crack see pictures.