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The origin of Mollegabet bows
Stickhead:
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing this!
AndrewS:
Thanks for posting.
Pat B:
Here are a few pics I got from Bue...
...and part of what he wrote to me...
Hello Pat. I did not log in to TG for a while so I did not see your message until late last night. I am sending two mails so we do not get things mixed up. The first is from the Holmegård bow as it was pictured and described for the first time after it was excavated back in 1944. It is taken from a Danish museum book from 1945. Here goes, bow made from Elm, lenght 154 cm long. Made from a thin tree, remains of pith/marrow can be seen on belly side of grip section. Back have the stave’s convex surface, belly is flat. At the widest part of the limbs the thickness is 2,3 cm and tapering towards the tips. It says nothing about any thickening of the ends. ( Looking at the original at the Danish museum I could not see any thickening either) Limbs largest width is 4,5 cm, grip 2,6 cm wide and 3,2 cm thick. Limbs are flat from the grip and slightly rounded further out towards ends. One tip is just pointed and the other have a nock on both sides. About midway between grip and tips there is a abrupt narrowing of the limbs width. From there and outwards the limb’s crosssection is almost a rectangle with convex sides. The picture also show a larger half bow found at the same site. Unfortunately it has been a lot of misunderstanding about this bow.
I'll add more pics as I get them loaded.
Pat B:
This is the piece that was found some years before they found the Hjarnø bow and was interpreted as the Møllegabet. At that time I thought it could have been just about anything, but after the Hjarnø was found it makes it more plausible.
Pat B:
Here are 3 more pics. More to come...
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