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  2. Native American weaponry - Wikipedia

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    The bow is made of wood (attempts have been made at bone, but the bone has a low tensile strength and snaps easily when pressure is applied to the ends, "authentic bows" made of bone is a fairly common scam) string is made from either the dried, twisted, strung out, and twisted again intestines of animals, bundled horse hair, fibers from nettle ...

  3. Apache fiddle - Wikipedia

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    One or sometimes two strings, often made of horse hair, are secured at both ends of the stalk, a bridge and nut added, and the string is played with a bow resined with pine pitch. [3] The string is touched with the fingers to change its note. The Smithsonian Institution holds an Apache fiddle collected in 1875. [4]

  4. Flatbow - Wikipedia

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    Suitable and easily available timbers include elm (used in ancient Europe, as evidenced by bows pulled from European bogs), maple, sycamore, hazel, and ash. The flatbow design also lends itself to very dense, high strength woods such as hickory and especially osage orange (a wood favored by many Native American tribes for bow making).

  5. Tukudeka - Wikipedia

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    When completed, this bow was shorter but also much more powerful than bows made out of wood, boasting a pull strength of up to 70 pounds. Horn bows fetched a high price in trade value of five to ten horses. The bow is one of the most powerful bows created by indigenous people in North America. [18]

  6. North American hunting technologies - Wikipedia

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    In addition to harpoon-tipped spears, California Natives in the coasts also used a variety of other projectile weapons for hunting fish, including bows and arrows. These weapons were typically made from wood and had specialized arrowheads designed for hunting in water. [3]

  7. Atsugewi - Wikipedia

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    Atsugewi manufactured bows were prized by the neighboring Klamath, Paiute, Modoc and Achomawi. Called dumidiyi, the bows were of a similar design to those made by the Yurok. The best dumidiyi were made of yew wood by the Atsuge. As fairly peaceable relations developed with Paiute groups by 1870, these yew bows became a common trade item. [11]

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