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Offline Mafort

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Cherokee designs and bow artwork.
« on: December 14, 2018, 01:16:09 pm »
One of the guys I work with is part Cherokee. I want to build him a bow and a set of arrows for Christmas. As I understand it their bows didn’t vary to harshly from English longbows right? Or am I thinking of a different tribe? Any who show me your stuff. Need the inspiration for an all native build for him.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Cherokee designs and bow artwork.
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2018, 01:29:27 pm »
Cherokee style bows were basic rectangular cross section, flat back, flat belly, from 50+" to over 6'  long. They were about 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" wide at the handle and tapered to about 3/4" of a little less at the tip, sometimes with single side nocks. Generally they weren't decorated.
Google "Eastern Woodland Style Bows", you should get lots of pics.
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Offline willie

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Re: Cherokee designs and bow artwork.
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2018, 06:35:18 pm »
https://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,58067.0.html

not only "basically retangular", but some had "square" corners that I would call exceptionally fine for a bow
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2018, 01:05:10 pm »
Might try to get Al Herrin's "Cherokee Bows and Arrows". The local library can call it in, if they don't have it.  Al is Cherokee.  Also available from Al.
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