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side. The tapered lateral ed^es are elliptic at the center but are 

 nearly rounded near the nock where the bow stock becomes trans- 

 versely elliptic with a greatest diameter at right angles to the great- 

 est diameter at the center. The simple roll wrapping does not extend 

 the entire length of the bow stock. It is covered with a coat of black 

 beeswax and several small braided bands of rattan placed at inter- 

 vals. The ends of the several splints of rattan wrapping are tucked 

 under the remainder of the wrapping when these ends are not secured 

 by braided bands of rattan. The bow cord is similar to that of the 

 Bagobo bows with the added feature of a reinforcement wrapping 

 with a thin fibrous band extending the entire length of the splint 

 cord. 



Length of bow, 166 centimeters (71 inches) ; sectional width at 

 center, 1.7 centimeters (0.8 inch). Collected by Dr. E. R. Hodge. 

 (Pi. 2, No. 4.) 



Bow^ Negritos^ Island of Negros. — The bow stock has been carved 

 from the heavy palma hrava {Corypha minor), and has been rudely 

 shaped into the form of a flat slab, tapering toward the horns, 

 slightly concave on the inner side and slightly convex on the outer 

 side. Nocks are merely slopes of the truncated horns of the bow. 

 Length of bow, 184.5 centimeters (71 inches) ; width at center, 

 4.6 centimeters (1.9 inches), sectional width, 1.3 centimeters (0,5 

 inch). Collected by Mrs. James F. Courts. (PL 2, No. 2.) Cat. 

 No. 292433, U.S.N.M. 



Palmvjood hov:, Negritos, Zanibales Mountains, Luzon Island. — 

 The bow stave is shaped from a section of j>alnia hrava {Corypha 

 minor) wood, is flattened on the outer surface, concave on the inner, 

 and tapers from center toward the horn ends. Back of stave is 

 grooved throughout its length from the nock ends. The surface is 

 polished uniformly and obviously not entirely through use. The bow 

 cord consists of a strand of twisted bastlike fibrous bark which is 

 apparently as tough as sinew. It is 0.3 centimeter in sectional 

 diameter and is fastened at the nock end of the truncated horns of 

 the bow stave by means of a double loop which is prevented from 

 slipping by the tautness in which the cord is held by the slightly 

 flexed stave. Cord rests about 8 centimenters (3.1 inches) from bow 

 stave at the center. In this arrangement the slack bow cord of the 

 southern island peoples contrasts quite markedly. Necessity for the 

 variation may be looked for in the materials there employed in con- 

 structing the bow rords, which are uniformly split sections of the 

 outer indurated surface of the bamboo which would break under 

 continuous tension. 



Length of bow, 188 centimeters (72 inches) ; sectional thickness, 

 1.5 centimeters. Cat. No. 329528, U.S.N.M. Collected by John 

 Howard Ford. 



