272 SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 



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tions of Hissarlik. 172 The spears of the Peruvians 173 were tipped with 

 copper or bone, and those of the Inca lords mounted 

 with gold and silver. 



The Philippine Islands were represented in the Spanish 

 Government building, and had a sheaf of spears, among 

 which were the iron weapons, Fig. 108. One of these has 

 ■a sword-blade, and a number of ferrules to prevent the 

 tang from splitting the shaft. Another spear has two 

 barbs, and a third one has a lanceolate head. The trident, 

 Fig. 110, was also shown in the same collection. The 

 mora, or crossbar, to limit the penetration of the spears, 

 shown in the Eoman venabulum or hog spear, does not 

 seem to be in common 

 use in the Orient. The 

 Japanese have as many 

 as 14 kinds of spears, 174 

 perhaps more. 



Fig. 109 is a three- 

 pointed spear from Timor, 

 shown in the collection 

 from the Portuguese col- 

 onies. It has three sim- 

 ple points, the outer ones 

 being on the ends of a 

 cross-bar slipped over the 

 middle prong and bent 

 forward. The Philip- 

 pine trident, Fig. 110, is 

 used for fishing, but thell- 

 lanoon pirates 175 use a 

 bifurcated spear with re- 

 treating barbs to catch 

 men by the neck. The 

 tli roe -pointed spear is 

 found in many widely sep- 

 arated parts of the world, 

 and is mentioned in the 

 history of the Saracen 

 conquests, particularly in 

 one of the feats of Ali. 

 Fig. Ill shows three 



Fir;. 107. — Shark's- j. ,, T , , ,. 



tooth spear of the spears of the Island of _ 



Philippines. m- mi ^ xt Tig. 10S.— Iron spear-heads of the Philippines. 



* Timor. They show the 



same tendency as to shape as the halberds and lances of the middle 



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"■ " Troy and its Remains," p. 330. 173 "Conquest of Peru," vol. i, p. 73. 



174 Siebold's " Nippon," vol. ii, pi. 6. 175 Belcher's " Eastern Archipelago," vol. i, p. 252. 



