PRIMITIVE WEAPONS AND ARMOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 99 



The lower end is straight across at right angles to the sides ; the upper end 

 rises to a very obtuse angle at the middle. The front is usually much plainer 

 than is that of the other shields mentioned. 



TYPE SHIELDS IN MUSEUM COLLECTION 



Ohlong wooden shield^ Moro^ Mindanao. — Cut from one piece of 

 hardwood with batten across one end strengthened witli reinforce- 

 ment of transversely placed wood strips. Ornamental design on 

 borders and at center of shield consists of black and white painted 

 bands, the white color serves as a filler in the incised sections be- 

 tween black bands occupying the embossed spaces. 



Length of shield, 1 millimeter 19.6 centimeter (46 inches). (PI. 1.) 

 Collected by J. M. Harkins from the Mindanao Moro, November. 

 1901. Cat. No. 213689, U.S.N.M. 



Parrying shield, Moro, Zaniboanga, Mindanao. — Formed together 

 with the handle from one piece of wood. Narrow in width and 

 shaped transversely like a low arch with median ridge projecting 

 transversely across center ; body of shield has slightly concave longi- 

 tudinal edges. Handle is placed at an angle across the body on the 

 reverse. Obverse is plain, but reverse has carvings at the ends. 



Length of shield, 68.7 centimeters (27 inches) ; width, 10 centimeters 

 to 13 centimeters (3.9 inches to 5.1 inches). Collected by Dr. E. A. 

 Mearns, United States Army, from the Moro of Zamboanga, Min- 

 danao. Cat. No. 229966, U.S.N.M. 



Ohlong shield, Moro, Miridanao. — Formed from strips of brown 

 hardwood, held together by clamps of palmwood across the obverse 

 and reverse. Grip formed in wood; low boss in front; tufts of hair 

 at edges. Outline form truncated at bottom, circular at the top, and 

 wavy along longitudinal edges. 



Length, 1 millimeter 40.4 centimeters (54 inches). (PI. 1.) Cat. 

 No. 247721, U.S.N.M. Collected by Lieut. Jesse R. Harris, United 

 States Army. 



Otlong shield, Moro, Mindanao. — The shield, including handle 

 grip, boss or fess point, and reinforcing median ridge on the reverse 

 side, is entirely constructed of one piece of carved wood of "medium 

 hardness. It is oblong with a diamond-shaped carved projection 5 

 centimeters (2 inches) high at the center of the top of the shield; 

 the bottom or base is a separate piece, slightly concave as to lateral 

 edges and flaring at the bottom in harmony with the concavity of 

 the lateral edges of the dextral and sinistral sides of the body of the 

 shield; the base is carved in three planes, with the central plane 

 projecting for a distance of 2 centimeters. The later edges are 

 slightly bellied along the central portion, concave toward the base, 

 and ovoid toward the top; tufts of human hair decorate the edges 

 at sides, top, and bottom; these tufts are placed along the edge at 



