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Title: Native Artifacts
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 27, 2007, 08:27:29 pm

I was in Ottawa yesterday and my girlfriend decided to take me to Hull to see the Museum Of Civilization, specifically the first nation section. Took some pics of course. Here's a few with more to come. The pics are not resized



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Title: Re: Native Artifacts
Post by: mullet on May 27, 2007, 08:30:32 pm

   Those are really cool Marc.Is that little bow strung backwards?

Title: Re: Native Artifacts
Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on May 27, 2007, 09:50:19 pm

 Hey....Looks like one fletch arrows ! Very nice. Hmm......like Eddie was wonderin' if little bow is strung backwards ? Birchbark canoes ? What natives ? Chippewa maybe ?Thx fer postin'....................bob

Title: Re: Native Artifacts
Post by: George Tsoukalas on May 27, 2007, 09:52:02 pm

Thanks for showing. Marc. Jawge

Title: Re: Native Artifacts
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 27, 2007, 11:37:35 pm

I really don't know if it's braced backwards. I was kind of wondering that myself at the time. The bow actually has a snakeskin glued on so I would think that it would be the back in which case it is not braced backwards. It might just be neglect that has made the bow take that shape. The pics were resized automatically when I uploaded them. I should put them on my site that way they should come in full size.

Title: Re: Native Artifacts
Post by: Dustybaer on May 28, 2007, 03:51:24 am

bob, i think that's an atlatl and a one-fletch dart.

on the bow, i read somewhere (i think in the TBB 1) that inferior woods were sometimes made with deflexed tips.  that way the bow could stay strung without stressing the wood, but more importantly, it would not have to bend as much to reach drawlength, thus reducing stress as well.

Title: Re: Native Artifacts
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 28, 2007, 09:15:29 am

Yes some of those are darts

I took the opportunity to upload some of the pics to my site, where they should come in full size. Here's some more pics.

(http://marc.stoneflake.net/Msc/Ottawa/2.jpg)

(http://marc.stoneflake.net/Msc/Ottawa/4.jpg)

(http://marc.stoneflake.net/Msc/Ottawa/5.jpg)

Title: Re: Native Artifacts
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 28, 2007, 09:26:17 am

Well even through my site the pics are still scaled down. If anyone wants to see them full size, for more details then just go here and change the # after the last / from 1 to 12

http://marc.stoneflake.net/Msc/Ottawa/1.jpg

There are more pictures but those are all I have time to upload for now, takes time on dial up