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makete:
This design could have come to the "orginal" maker as a vision. A lot of ideas came to the Native peoples in visions and were acted upon, as this bow could have been. It probaly had a spiritual reason for that person and then may have been copied by others. That is how the Native people learned new things, visions. Then they were sometimes expected to teach others what the vision was and the why and what. But also sometimes they were to be shared only with their spiritual leader or teacher. A vision is a powerfull thing and was not something taken lightly.

YewArcher:
makate,

I like that explanation allot. Good thoughts.

Thanks for sharing.

SJM

duffontap:
Don't know how I missed it--That sure turned out nice!  That has got to be the strangest bow design ever. 

          J. D. Duff

snedeker:
Great project.  The scallops must have been really time consuming for the indians to cut in.

Dave

1/2primitive:
Ahhh, there it is! Great looking bow! I love all of your replicas.
       Sean

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