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surface until the upper transversely placed warp element is reached 

 and over which they are woven. The process appears endless, as 

 the ends of the splints are carefully disguised by being tucked 

 under, no two splints terminating at the same place. The surfaces 

 are free from any attempt at ornamentation. 



The carrying attachment is an extemporaneously attached belt 

 cord passing through the meshes of the surface woof elements one- 

 third the distance from the top of the scabbard. The cord con- 

 stitutes the belt piece and is provided with a toggle of burned and 

 smoked leather at one end and a loop at the other end. 



Length of scabbard, 41.5 centimeters (16.3 inches) ; width, 10.5 

 centimeters (4.1 inches). (PI. 8, No, 1.) Collected by Capt. E. Y, 

 Miller. 



Basketry knife case, Bagoho, Minda^iao. — The parts consist of 

 two uprights of palmwood between which and over which are passed 

 splints in irregular herringbone or twilled weave. Wherever the 

 weave is regular and close, as occurs on the surface of the uprights 

 and at regular intervals on the lateral surfaces, the elements have 

 been coated with a black paste or cement. The intervals between, 

 which appear in hexagonal openwork w^eave, are plain; the meshes 

 here are partially filled in each w^ith five splint elements passing 

 diagonally between the two uprights. There is no bottom; this 

 allows the point of the knife to protrude, or, again, the curved 

 blade may be so short that the lateral surfaces of the sheath are 

 longer than the blade, and thus no bottom is necessary. 



Length of sheath, 28.5 centimeters (11.2 inches) ; width, 13.5 

 centimeters (5.3 inches). Collected by Alonzo H. Stewart. Cat. 

 No. 230817, U.S.N.M, 



Kampilan, Moro, Lake Lanao, northern Mindanao. — The long, 

 straight and heavy single-edged blade is a favorite fighting weapon 

 of the Moro of northern Mindanao. The straight surfaced blade 

 has etched on its lateral surfaces a continuous arabesque floral design 

 supplemented with punctated etchings filling in the intervening 

 space. Guard and handle are fashioned from separate pieces of 

 uncarved red lauan wood. The general outline of crescentic guard 

 and bifid pommel resembles Cat. No. 324259, U.S.N.M. 



Length of blade, 51.3 centimeters (20.2 inches) ; length of handle, 

 20.5 centimeters (7.9 inches). (PI. 7, No. 4.) Cat. No. 257687, 

 U.S.N.M, Collected by Chaplain Joseph Clemens, United States 

 Army, 



Hairy kampUan, Moro, Fort Bacolod, northern Mindanao. — A 

 straight sword blade pro\dded with single cutting edge and straight 

 back; used in warfare. The blade is thin in section, without median 

 ridge or groove, and is unornamented. The hairy kampihm, like all 

 kampilans, the talibong, and certain forms of the parang and bolo. 



