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Oil a pole which had attached just beneath as a furtiier ornaiiieiit 

 the horns of a water buffalo, sacred leaves, and other ceremonial 

 objects. The heads were now supposed to lend their aid to the suc- 

 cessful tribe and were treated with respect. A sacrificial feast fol- 

 lowed upon the return of a head-hunting expedition, the dog or com- 

 mon carabao being the sacrificial offering. The mandible of the 

 decapitated victim was often employed as a handle end piece for the 

 brass musical gongs. 



Since the practical suppression of head-hunting, which includes 

 also a ban on the production of spears and other weapons employed 

 by the head-hunter, heads of sacrificial animals, or the horns of such 

 animals replace the wall trophies before alluded to. 



CATALOGUE OF TYPE WEAPONS 



Head ax, Tinggian, Luzon. — The iron blade has tang extension 

 set in a wooden handle which is shod with a long iron ferrule. 

 Handle grip of yellow hardwood has carved spur on side at center 

 for hand stop. The bowed back of blade is provided with spur 

 extension. The crescentic cutting edge is expanded at back into a 

 cutting spur of similar dimensions. A carrying basket, Cat. No. 

 248005, U.S.N.M., completes the Tinggian head-hunter's equipment. 



Length of blade with handle, 42.7 centimeters (16.8 inches) ; blade 

 length, 30.5 centimeters (12 inches). Collected by Dr. E. A. 

 Mearns. (PI. 1.) Cat. No. 248006, U.S.N.M. 



Head basket, Tinggian, Luzon. — Structural parts are the basket 

 proper, carrying parts, and basket cover. The basket parts are bot- 

 tom, body, and cape. Weaving of the bottom and of the body is the 

 same, close, oblique, over two twilled. A space 23 centimeters (9 

 inches) square is marked off for the bottom and bounded by four 

 rods, neatly wrapped, outside of which is a thin square hoop or 

 foot about an inch wide. The hoop and the sticks are finely sewed 

 together with a rattan splint tied with a single and not with a Malay 

 knot. The upper border has two lips neatly finished off with sew- 

 ing or wrapping, half an inch wide, with false braid on the outer 

 edge. Shoulder straps of braided rattan, set on as in knapsack, serve 

 for carrying on the back. The unique feature is the attached cape 

 of rain-coat flap which serves as a head covering and which is made 

 of the outer hairy fiber of the palm. The fibers are taken in small 

 bunches, doubled in the middle, and looped over rattan splints, 

 which are strung on a bit of separate weaving. 



Dimensions: 48.4 centimeters (19 inches) high; 45.8 centimeters 

 (18 inches) wide. Collected by Dr. E. A. Mearns. Cat. No. 248005, 

 U.S.N.M. 



Head ax, Kalinga, northern central Luzon. — A steel blade hafted 

 to brown hardwood handle with long metal tang. The blade has 



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