Making the Maciejowskie Bow
This as a response to an inquiry in another forum;
http://nilsvisser.hubpages.com/hub/MAKI ... E-part-one
and
http://nilsvisser.hubpages.com/hub/Maki ... e-part-two
http://nilsvisser.hubpages.com/hub/MAKI ... E-part-one
and
http://nilsvisser.hubpages.com/hub/Maki ... e-part-two
My comment on the other site is that this MJK bow has an obvious affinity to a Buryat bow. I will try to divert a conversation to here by posting my own quote from the 2009 WTAF academic seminar;
Study of Structures, Materials, & Manufacturing processes of World Traditional Bows and Arrows, J. Farrell, Bow Construction in Central Asia, p.69, "Buryat bows of Siberian origin recall ancient Hunnic techniques by reenforcing the ears with bone belly plates as well as horn nock cheek pieces. Examples are found in collections of Karl Zellinger (Yoo Young Ki, 2008, p. 251) and the Tula Armory Museum, Russia. Taras Plakhotnichenko published extensively on the subject (ATARN, Buryat Bow),posted pictures and a plan while Tom Rodgers wrote an interesting article documenting an old one. (Rodgers, 1997, pp24-31).
Yoo Young-Ki, director. 2008. International Bow*Arrow of Yesterday & Today. Daemyung Graphic, South Korea.
Tula armory example seen on ATARN post "Interesting Bows in Russian Collections". Some assistance can be had bringing up the illustration.
Taras bow also here. Same.
Rodgers, Tom. "The Mongolian Bow", Primitive Archer: Vol. 5: Issue 4. pp. 24-31.
Study of Structures, Materials, & Manufacturing processes of World Traditional Bows and Arrows, J. Farrell, Bow Construction in Central Asia, p.69, "Buryat bows of Siberian origin recall ancient Hunnic techniques by reenforcing the ears with bone belly plates as well as horn nock cheek pieces. Examples are found in collections of Karl Zellinger (Yoo Young Ki, 2008, p. 251) and the Tula Armory Museum, Russia. Taras Plakhotnichenko published extensively on the subject (ATARN, Buryat Bow),posted pictures and a plan while Tom Rodgers wrote an interesting article documenting an old one. (Rodgers, 1997, pp24-31).
Yoo Young-Ki, director. 2008. International Bow*Arrow of Yesterday & Today. Daemyung Graphic, South Korea.
Tula armory example seen on ATARN post "Interesting Bows in Russian Collections". Some assistance can be had bringing up the illustration.
Taras bow also here. Same.
Rodgers, Tom. "The Mongolian Bow", Primitive Archer: Vol. 5: Issue 4. pp. 24-31.
Interesting article, Jack.
But i think- dont forget north tribes primitive composites .This bows from Siberia to north Europe(Finland, Sweden... who know maybe in old times to north France-Normandia...) This bows was here vith Saami tribes in Vikings and Venet/Slavs/ times.
So called "Old Russian" "Novgorod bow" was same tipe bow. From this bow was born evolution to Turkish flight bow like most specifikle king of bows.All historical teorii about composite bow was in "baby" age. Maybe somone can think about north primitive copmosites and his influence.
But i think- dont forget north tribes primitive composites .This bows from Siberia to north Europe(Finland, Sweden... who know maybe in old times to north France-Normandia...) This bows was here vith Saami tribes in Vikings and Venet/Slavs/ times.
So called "Old Russian" "Novgorod bow" was same tipe bow. From this bow was born evolution to Turkish flight bow like most specifikle king of bows.All historical teorii about composite bow was in "baby" age. Maybe somone can think about north primitive copmosites and his influence.
I think you are quite right, Dusan. Those bows look more like the scandinavian two-wood bows than horn bows. The two-woods are mentioned in the viking sagas, and even though most of the finds have been dated to after 1200, it is not unlikely that the vikings used these bows as well as the longbow. As most know the vikings also "visited" these areas, so who knows...
...but I think we would need to find actual remains of two-wood bows in countries further south than Norway to get any further with the hypothesis.
...but I think we would need to find actual remains of two-wood bows in countries further south than Norway to get any further with the hypothesis.