EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



Plate 1 



Philippine weapons of offense and defense. Spears, lances, and halberds. 

 Bows, arrows, and arrow cases. Blowguns, darts, and dart cases. Clubbed 

 weapons and shields. Hand weapons for piercing and stabbing. Bolos. Cut- 

 ting and .slashing blades. Swords for cutting and chopping. Beheading swords. 

 Head axes. Straight and wavy kris.ses. Circular shields for parrying and 

 targets. Oblong, prcmged, clubl)ed. and tufted shields of hollowed wood. Body 

 armor of horn, hide, cordage, and fiber construction. 



Plate 2 



Projectile weapons : Blowguns, bows, arrows and darts, quiver and dart case. 

 No. 1. Palmwood bow ; highly polished, grooved, concavo-convex self-bow. 

 Negritos, Zambales Mountains, Island of Luzon. 2. Heavy palmwood self -bow ; 

 flat surfaces, slightly concave on inner side. Negritos, Negros, Visayan Island, 

 P. I. 3. Palmwood bow wrapped with rattan. Bagobo, Mindanao. 4. Palm- 

 wood bow ; cord of bamboo splint. Moro, Mindanao. 5. Bamboo blowgun ; 

 Surface decorated with burned spiral bands and rings ; lining tube of reed, sight 

 elevation. Batak, Island of Palawan, Philippine Archipelago. 6. Arrow case 

 of bamboo provided with rattan basketry cap. Moro, western Mindanao. 

 7. Blowgun darts and dart case. Batak, Palawan Island. 



Plate 3 



Simple and compound arrowheads of palmwood and bamboo. No. 1. Palm- 

 wood arrowhead and bamboo shaft. Moro, Mindanao. 2. Reed arrow with 

 palmwood foreshaft. Moro, Mindanao. 3. Bamboo arrow with palmwood fore- 

 shaft: poisoned bamboo arrow point inserted in foreshaft. Bikol, Luzon. 

 4. Large arrow of bamboo with arrowhead of split bamboo. Bagobo, Mindanao, 

 o. Triangular shape arrowhead of bamboo, harpoon shaft. Negritos, Zambales 

 Mountains, Luzon, 6. Barbed, triangular bamboo arrowhead, harpoon shaft. 

 Negritos, Zambales Mountains, Luzon Island. 7. Fish arrow with compound 

 Lead of bamboo. Bagobo, Mindanao. 8. Three-pronged or trident compound 

 arrow. Negrito.s, Zambales Mountains, Luzon. 



Plate 4 



Metallic harpoon and arrowheads provided with barbed, hastate, three-pointed, 

 tiarpoon, and composite points. Shaftments. No. 1. Short, flat, lanceolate 

 arrowhead designed to make a large wound and to cause profuse bleeding. 

 Negritos. Zambales Mountains. 2. Long, triangular, iron arrow point, palm- 

 wood foreshaft, unfeathered cane .shaft. Moro, western Mindanao. 3. Small 

 lanceolate shape iron arrowhead, long bamboo shaft; heavy palmwood fore- 

 shaft, bulbous at the base. Old Bikol arrow type. 4. Leaf-shape arrow iwint 

 of sheet copper, bamboo shaft, foreshaft of wood fast set in shaft with resin. 



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