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this lower vat, removing the bitter sap from the flour, which is de- 

 posited on the bottom of the vat. From time to time this is scraped 

 up and placed in baskets where it is kept until needed. The flour, 

 while rather tasteless, is nutritious and in years of drought is the chief 

 source of food supply. 



Preparation of the meals, care of the children, basket and mat 

 making, weaving and decoration of clothing, take up most of the time 

 of the women when they are not engaged in the cultivation of the 

 fields or in search of forest products. 



The hardest work in the fields falls to the men; they also strip the 

 hemp needed in weaving, while a few of them are skilled workers in 

 brass and copper and turn out bells and other ornaments not at all 

 inferior to those of the coast natives. Their methods of casting as 

 well as their manufactures are identical with 

 those of the Bagobo from whom they probably 

 learned the art. So far as could be learned 

 no iron work is done by members of this tribe, 

 and the few spears and knives possessed by the 

 warriors seem to be trade articles. 



The old men claim that until recent years 

 the bow and arrow was their sole offensive 

 weapon. It is certain that today they have 

 a greater variety of arrows and are more skillful 

 in the use of this type of weapon than are any 

 of their neighbors. None of the weapons 

 found on the gulf side 

 of the divide appeared 

 to be poisoned, but a 

 number secured by 

 Major Porter from 

 the Lake Buluan 

 region seem to have 

 been so treated 

 (Fig. 38). Different 

 types of arrows have 

 been developed 

 for different purposes; 

 one for fighting, 

 another for deer and 



FIG. 38. 



Bows, Arrows and quiver from 

 lake Buluan Region. 



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