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Offline Jakesnyder

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Natives using Sugar maple???
« on: September 02, 2019, 04:01:45 pm »
Did the native Americans ever use sugar maple for bows? Anyone have any examples?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Natives using Sugar maple???
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2019, 06:29:44 pm »
Jake, I'd imagine that Native Americans used any available to them but I have no example or proof. I've seen a few whitewood bows in museums identified as white wood bows that could have been sugar (hard) maple.
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Offline DC

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Re: Natives using Sugar maple???
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2019, 06:32:11 pm »
It's a very common wood in the east. If we figured out that it's a good bow wood it stands to reason that they did too.
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