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Photos of intentionally deflexed bows?

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bassman211:
I was referring to our plains native bows that weren't sinew backed with a simple D shape.

JW_Halverson:
Weren't the Mandan bows in the Dakotas along the Missouri River deflex tipped, too?

medicinewheel:

--- Quote from: lonbow on November 04, 2023, 07:17:09 pm ---... There are Mycenaean and ancient Greek depictions on stone walls and pottery showing bows with deflexed tips. ...

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I'm always careful with these depictions. Have seen various Greek depictions of harp players holding the the harp backwards (bass strings towards the body).
Just saying...

scp:
http://www.vikingage.org/wiki/wiki/Bows

http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/hedeby-bow-detail-full-draw.html

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