Bows

Erik simpsond at email.arizona.edu
Wed Jul 11 01:52:13 UTC 2001


I have not noticed any differences between the self-bow (the east coast
type) and the recurved-sinew backed bow that was so common on the plains.
         The recurved-sinew backed bow is supposed to have come down into
the plains  (by Athabascans ?) before any Siouan peoples and would likely
have been adopted there. Does anyone know of any lexical differences between
the two bow types?

erik



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