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Re: ERC for indian bows?
« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2014, 02:28:30 am »
Thanks for all the info, gentlemen!
Obviously there are not that much ERC bows from indian natives.

21st century archer:
where did you get the pics from? is there a chance to get more info, measurements etc.? This stick looks like unbacked.
Thanks again.
Simon
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Re: ERC for indian bows?
« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2014, 03:48:53 am »
simson, the bow came from the canadian museum of civilization. The bow is unbacked and is 133 cm long, 4 cm wide and 1.2 cm thick at the handle.

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Re: ERC for indian bows?
« Reply #17 on: September 13, 2014, 04:01:28 am »
erc was probably used by eastern natives for self bows when nothing else was available. That's why you don't see very eastern woodland self bows of erc. I once read that eastern natives would use erc for green wood bows. I have also seen a few plains self bows that had a bright red stripe on the belly like erc or rocky mountain juniper which is related to erc.