Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 95
THE ONA 79 passed not beside but over the bow. The bow-arm was not held straight, but was bent a few inches toward the body and snapped straight at the moment of discharge to add momentum to the arrow. ^ The nock of the arrow was grasped and pulled with the thumb and forefinger, but, when … which they learned not only to shoot Fig. 34. — An Ona bowman. (P^rom Alberto M. He but to dodge one Agostini, / Miei Viaggi tiella Terra del Fuino.) another's blunted arrows — an art on which their very existence might depend. The extreme range of the Ona bow was not far sliort ot 2M) yards. The…
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