'Bodark Arc' by Martin Puryear

'Bodark Arc' by Martin Puryear


University Park, Illinois (IL), US
1982
in the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park at Governor's State University

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@ 2008-06-30 12:01:20
Bodark is another name for the Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) tree. It's a corruption of the French 'Bois d'arc' or Tree for (archery) bows.

That line of trees the arc cuts through is almost certainly Osage Orange. It was widely planted as a hedge or windbreak many years ago.

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