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which extends entirely through the handle. The grip is straight 

 and is of spirally fluted ebony. A small silver ferrule with button 

 attached caps the proximal end. Scabbard is composed of imported 

 leather and has a silver cap reinforcement at its distal end and a 

 ferrule of similar material at the base. 



Length of blade, 27.5 centimeters (10.8 inches). Collected by Gen. 

 Jacob Kline, United States Army. (PL 13, No. 12.) Cat. No. 

 31392G, U.S.N.M. 



Dagger. — "Goo' na" (Moro). A serpentine blade of fine steel. 

 The handle is formed of wood and is shaped similar to the butt of 

 a pistol, with the downward curve projecting anteriorly at right 

 angles to the blade. The ferrule and guard are composed of cast 

 white brass. Sheath is formed of wood and is hooped with brass. 

 This dagger composed part of the equipment of Datto Macabata, 

 killed in battle at Lake Lanao August, 1903. 



Collected by Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, United States Army. Cat. No. 

 229441, U.S.N.M. 



Dagger., Mora., Mindanao. — The blade has two wavy crests along 

 its basal or posterior section. The distal end has straight edges 

 but is slightly curved anteriorly. The blade and horn handle have 

 the characteristic type form. Handle is carved from carabao horn 

 and is beautifully polished ; it is oval in section and is tapered at the 

 middle to fit the hand; pommel end is curved anteriorly and is 

 tapered after the pattern of most Moro dagger handles. Guard is 

 ovoid in shape, truncated at the ends, and is composed of a thin 

 silver disk, A banded ferrule of etched carvings consisting of en- 

 circling grooves, rickrack, and star and crescent figures encircles 

 the horn handle at its base. The hardwood sheath consists of two 

 hollowed slabs elliptically ovoid in section, straight in outline, 

 slightly tapered and plain. They are held together with three-ply 

 braided bands of rattan. {Daemonoiops gaudichaudii.) 



Length of blade, 23.4 centimeters (9.2 inches) ; width of blade, 3.3 

 centimeters (1.3 inches) ; length of handle and blade, 33.3 centi- 

 meters (13.1 inches). Collected by Miss Isobel H. Lenman. (PI. 

 13, No. 7.) Cat. No. 303795, U.S.N.M. 



" Insurrecto " dagger. — The blade is of an excellent grade of steel, 

 double-edged, and beveled to a very pronounced median ridge. The 

 ferrule and guard are of one piece of German silver. Guard ends 

 project in the form of an elongated ellipse with a rounded ball of 

 metal 1 centimeter in diameter at each end. The handle grip and 

 pommel are formed of carabao horn, bulging at the center, and 

 punched with small German silver ornamental rivets arranged in 

 diamond-shape design along one side of grip. An arabesque floral 

 ornamental design encircles the constriction of grip just below the 

 pommel. The pommel is formed of the same piece of horn as the 



