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shield a distance of one-third the lenojth; it is tufted and is carved 

 out of the solid. 



Length of shield, 94 centimeters (36.2 inches) ; width of shield 

 ai place of attachment of transverse wooden clamps, 37 centimeters 

 (14.6 inches). 



Collected by the Philippine Island Commission, Louisiana Pur- 

 chase Exposition. (PI. 1.) Cat. No. 235243, U.S.N.M. 



Painted shield^ Negntos^ Luzon. — The shields of the Negritos are 

 uniformly crude in workmanship and modeled after those of the 

 Malayans with whom they have come in contact. This shield is 

 a type found among the eastern Luzon tribes. It is formed from 

 one piece of light-colored and medium-heavy wood, cut at the top 

 and at the bottom, leaving three points projecting from the solid 

 body of the shield. These points are identical at the top or chief 

 and at the base. There is a spherical curvature of shield producing 

 a uniformly concave surface on the reverse and convex on the 

 obverse. The lateral edges are straight; handle grip is carved out 

 of the solid like the majority of the Malayan shields. Reverse of 

 shield is plnin; obverse has rickrack border designs in carved in- 

 cised patterns; border consists of banded lines in black paint. Two 

 lizards patterned in black paint occupy the surface of the body 

 of the shield. The boss is plain and consists of a shallow pointed 

 elevation projecting from the carved body of the shield. 



Length of shield, 76 centimeters (29.9 inches) ; width, 24 centi- 

 meters (9.5 inches). Collected by the Philippine Island Commis- 

 sion, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (PI. 1.) Cat. No. 235247, 

 U.SN.M. 



Ohlong carved shield, Moro Mindanao. — A beautiful specimen 

 of Moro handicraft. Although similar in design and outline to the 

 typical Moro oblong tufted shield, this specimen is unusually ex- 

 cellent in the detail of carvings and in type characteristics. It 

 is formed fi'om one piece of a light-brown colored wood, thin in 

 section, somewhat thicker at the top, and is reinforced with two 

 series of transversely placed flat strips of camagon wood facing 

 one another on the reverse and obverse sides of the shield, each 

 fastened together with three braided basketry bands of rattan passed 

 through holes drilled through the body. These reinforcing or 

 pilastering bands extend across the shield transversely at the two 

 points of greatest width, that is at the tip of the scallops of the 

 irregular lateral edges. The handle grip extends longitudinally 

 across the center of the reverse and is cut out of tlie solid; a pocket 

 is hollowed out to fit the finger grip just underneath the boss on 

 the obverse. Carvings on the reverse and obverse are varied geo- 

 metric, rickrack, and rectangular figures; many of these on the 

 obverse are inlaid with lime. The general effect of iha carved 



