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is a band of flat carving; around the body of the quiver pass three 

 woven bands of plaited rattan, holding fast the fork designed for 

 thrusting in the belt and the cord for securing the lid to prevent 

 its loss. The fork is of fine-grained wood resembling ebony and is 

 carved in the round in the form of a crocodile, whose head extends 

 the length of the lid. The bands are held taut by splints of bamboo 

 which are thrust under them. The lid is finished with a braided 

 ring set in a groove cut in the margin. A cord loop is swung from 

 the fork as in some of the Dyak specimens. 



Length of quiver, 36.4 centimeters (14,3 inches). 



The darts consist of (a) thin-pointed slivers of bamboo, some 

 of them poisoned and all with short conical pith base. Length, 

 from 20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches) ; (&) with heavier shafts 

 and heads cut in the material forming two square barbs; these are 

 sometimes poisoned; (c) like (&), but with quite small heads and 

 more slender shafts; (d) a dart having a cord attached just below 

 the head and w^ound spirally around the shaft, terminating above 

 the pith base. This was probably intended to produce a spiral 

 motion in the flight. Length, 28.5 centimeters (11.2 inches) ; length 

 of (c) 25.5 to 30 centimeters (10 to 11.8 inches); of (6), 25.5 to 

 30.5 centimeters (10 to 12 inches). The pith base of all the differ- 

 ent types of darts is 1 centimeter long and all have the same di- 

 ameter. The total number of darts in the quiver is 22; there are 

 two extra pieces of pith. Some of the darts have a small caliber 

 pith base; such darts are regulated by a packing of down from a 

 palm. The Bagobo use tufts of fiber instead of pith on their blow- 

 gun darts, while the Moro employ plugs of pith. 



Collected by Gov. E. Y. Miller. (PI. 2, No. 7.) Cat. No. 232288, 

 U.S.N.M. 



Quiver for hlowgun darts, Bafak, Palaioan. — This quiver is a 

 joint of bamboo. The silicious epidermis has been removed from 

 the surface except on a small area near the top. The cap is also 

 of bamboo, banded with braided rattan hoops, three in number. To 

 the side of the case is attached by means of turns of a rattan withe 

 a carved wood fork which is thrust in the belt; this fork is narrow 

 and has a long tang compared with the Bornean specimens. The 

 quiver contains darts, pith, and a poison spreader. The darts are 

 of two kinds, one long and rather heavy with two barbed points 

 shaped from the wood of the shaft ; the other with slender shafts, 

 two barbed heads deeply nicked at the base, designed for breaking 

 off in the wound; all have small plungers of fibrous pith. The 

 shafts are marked with numerous horizontal scores in which a black 

 gummy substance has been plastered. Length of darts, 32 to 35 

 centimeters (12.6 to 13.8 inches). The longer darts are in process. 



