My Wigwam Shelter

A few years ago I decided to try and build a native american style wigwam. Through a bit of trial and error I did it. I got the original layout from W.Ben Hunt's "The Complete Book of Indian Craft". It is an older book copyrited in 1973, but it still available. I recommend it for anyone interested in making old style native crafts and projects with basic hand tools. I've referred back to it many times over the years. The wigwam came out nice. I found a local firewood guy that also milled logs. He had a pile of tulip trees that I was able to peel the bark off in pieces the size of large shingles. These were probably a bit smaller than native peoples originally used, but I did not want to peel the bark off of living trees to get bigger pieces. As you can see from the photos the shelter came out fine. My children really enjoyed helping to collect the bark and building it.