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The shaft is plain, is not notched at the nock, and has but one small 

 wrapping at the point of insertion of the palmwood forcshaft or 

 arrowhead. The quiver contains several extra palmwood heads, 

 some pointed, others unpointed. (PI. 2, No. 6.) 



Length of quiver section, 60.7 centimeters (23.9 inches) : cap, 44.2 

 centimeters (17.4 inches) ; length of spur, 40.5 centimeters (15.0 

 inches) ; length of arrows, 78 centimeters (30 inches). Collected by 

 Dr. E. R. Hodge, United States Army. 



Arrows^ Moro, Sulu Archipelago. — This type of arrow represents 

 a form which is found in Papua and among the Melanesians. 

 Nowhere else in the Philippine Archipelago is this type of arrow- 

 head produced. The shaft, however, is in each instance duplicated 

 in the types occurring among the Mindanao Moros and among the 

 Negritos of Luzon; the peculiarity lies in the hardwood foreshaft 

 and arrowhead, also of wood. Shaft is formed of a variety of bam- 

 boo; on some of the shafts the nock end is notched, and abruptly 

 truncated on others ; feathering, wherever it occurs, is similar to that 

 found among the Negrito tribes ; a basketry ferrule of braided strips 

 of rattan encircles the distal end of shaft and strengthens it at the 

 point of insertion of the palmwood foreshaft for a distance of 6 to 

 10 centimeters. In some instances the foreshaft is plain and has 

 attached to it by rattan thongs an arrowhead of split bamboo, in 

 which case the rattan wrapping continues in openwork winding for 

 some distance down the bamboo shaft as well. The black palmworod 

 foreshaft is usually carved in fantastic scrolls and is inlaid with 

 lime, Melanesian fashion, or painted a deep red, the arrow point or 

 head is really a continuation of the foreshaft with the carved scrolls 

 changed to barbs, placed either bilaterally or in series on one side 

 of the head only. The bilateral barbs are formed by cutting away 

 triangular sections from the hardwood head near the center with 

 the base of the triangle nearest the center, and the apex at the lateral 

 edge; this form of barbing is peculiarly efficient in tearing and 

 rending the flesh ; the object is to make a large hole so that the victim 

 will bleed to death. On some of the arrows the bilateral barb gives 

 way near the tip to the simple recurved barb. 



Length of palmwood foreshaft and head 130 to 143 centimeters 

 (50 to 55 inches). Collected by Frank F. Hilder for the Govern- 

 ment board, Pan American Exposition. (PI. 1, upper.) Cat. No. 

 216832, U.S.N.M. 



A'iTOWs, Bagoho, Davao ProvhwCy M'mdanao Island. — These 

 Bagobo arrows of bamboo are unique among Philij^pine types as 

 they might easily be mistaken for spears. They are rather crudely 

 made, yet are probably effective missiles. The shaft is formed of 

 '-f vf^ral lengths of bamboo and is much longer than the average Malay 



