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Offline TRiggs

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Choctaw Bow Found
« on: July 26, 2020, 12:23:15 pm »
I seen this article and figured you guys would be interested
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8879-200724-mississippi-choctaw-bow
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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2020, 01:30:29 pm »
I read that a few days ago and was fascinated by it. I immediately reached out to the Choctaw nation to get access to it soon as its able to be handled and my goal is to make as exact replica of it.  Im going to give that replica to the Choctaw nation.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2020, 01:32:36 pm »
Wow, that's cool - thanks for the link!  (I get pretty excited when I find an arrowhead...seeing a bow sticking out of the mud would probably induce a heart attack!)
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Offline Hamish

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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2020, 05:43:42 pm »
Does anyone know what sort of wood it is made from?
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Offline bentstick54

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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2020, 09:17:20 pm »
Very exciting find. Thanks for sharing.
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2020, 09:58:46 pm »
Wow, that is quite a find. Keep us posted, Sleek!
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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2020, 10:28:14 pm »
Thank you for this! I would also like to know the wood. Hickory??
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Offline sleek

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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2020, 10:43:55 pm »
Considering its location,  probably osage.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2020, 11:19:19 pm »
That is a real neat find!  Hopefully, the specs are released, including the wood.  Hickory, Osage, possibly sassafras or persimmon in that area.  I would be interested in making a replica!
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Offline TRiggs

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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2020, 12:41:55 am »
It didn't  say what it was made of but I'll bet it was Osage Orange seeing how well its held together
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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2020, 04:17:07 am »
Its only 42 inches long. Not very wide. Gadda be osage, or a child's bow, or something ceremonial.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2020, 06:24:16 am »
Have they conclusively determined it's actually a Choctaw bow?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2020, 06:30:49 am »
I don't know if osage was growing in Mississippi 300 to 500 years ago.
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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2020, 07:37:06 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on July 27, 2020, 06:30:49 am
I don't know if osage was growing in Mississippi 300 to 500 years ago.

Maybe traded wood?
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Re: Choctaw Bow Found
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2020, 07:44:33 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on July 27, 2020, 06:30:49 am
I don't know if osage was growing in Mississippi 300 to 500 years ago.

Wasn't osage spread by the mastodon and wooly mammoth? I'm pretty certain they had it down there.
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