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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #15 on: July 03, 2013, 11:42:09 am »
Nice "tease" Billy...  :)
Looking forward to the full article to read all about the set.

Offline billy

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2013, 01:57:36 pm »
Thanks guys!  The pigments are colors that I picked up over the years on my travels.  The green came from eastern Oregon and is probably the same green pigment that the original arrow fragment was painted with.  I was driving out in the middle of nowhere and passed by what looked like a deposit of flint up on the side of a roadcut.  I turned around to investigate it.  It turned out to be opalite, a very weak, brittle material.  Unfortunately it was laced with cracks that made it unusable for knapping.  But what I did find was small emerald green nuggets of pigment eroding out of the deposit of opalite.  I don't know what it is, possibly a mineral with copper in it, but it is a really striking green color.  The orange ochre is stuff I picked up in roadcuts as well.  The black is simply crushed charcoal. 
Marietta, Georgia

Offline danny f

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2013, 02:15:33 pm »
great bow set, i love the quiver.

Offline Blacktail

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #18 on: July 04, 2013, 01:26:52 am »
that is some sweet gear...SO,i have to ask..what do the nocks look like and what are the specs of the bow...ALSO,where in the heck did you find reed at...was it over there or over here...i have been looking for some....thanks so much for sharing..john

Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2013, 03:33:53 am »
Beautiful set!
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Offline nathan elliot

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #20 on: July 04, 2013, 04:04:42 am »
Great work Billy! Don't forget to post links to the article too :)

Offline loefflerchuck

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #21 on: July 04, 2013, 11:27:46 am »
Love it

Offline missilemaster

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #22 on: July 04, 2013, 11:42:31 am »
Nice set Billy! Was that bow in another article a while back?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Northern Pauite (Great Basin) Bow & Arrow set
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2013, 04:01:57 pm »
It's a beauty! Jawge
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