'Bodark Arc' by Martin Puryear

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'Bodark Arc' by Martin Puryear (Bing Maps)
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.