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1903. Moro. Lake Ltiiiao, Mindanao. 2. Curved and spiked steel talibon^;. 

 Bagobo, Mindanao. 3. Curved and .spiked talibong (trrass cutter). Moro, Lake 

 Lanao, nortliern Mindanao. 4. Kanipilan blade witli arabesque (floriated) 

 etching on blade surface.*!. Moro. Lake Lanao region, northern Mindanao. 



Plate 8 



Basketry bolo cases and knife sheatlis. No. 1. Basketry parang and bolo 

 scabbard. Rattan splints woven in hexagonal openwork at sides ; framework 

 of rattan. Basilan Island, Sulu Archipelago. 2. Combined knife sheath and 

 reticule. Made from multiple folds of bast fiber; siisi)ension cord of abaca. 

 Batak. Palawan Island. 3. Bamboo bolo case. Cylindrical joint of bamboo 

 with one end plugged with a split wooden disk ; bound with braided rattan. 

 Batak. Palawan Island. 4. Basketry bolo case made of woven rattan with 

 w.'od base: suspension cord with belt attachment. Basilan Isbind. 



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Two-handed chopping and cutting parangs. No. L Heavy steel beheading 

 blade " tabas." Curved and truncated like a scimitar ; long curved double- 

 handle grip wrapped with braided rattan and inlaid with lime. Moro, Mala- 

 bang, Mindanao. 2. Heavy chopping blade " talibong," double sigmoid curve. 

 Two-handed carved wooden handle hooped with brass bands. Moro, Mindanao. 

 8. Headsman's ax " talibong." Moro, western Mindanao. 4. Beheading sword 

 and chopping blade " talibong. " Heavy double-edged curved blade. Moro. Min- 

 danao. 5. Heavy two-edged blade with sigmoid curve. Hexagonal wooden 

 handle curved and wound with rattan splints. Moro, Mindanao. 0. Broad 

 backed, deeply concave blade " pirah." Convexly curved cutting edge and long 

 point. Elbow at base of blade near guard piece similar to the parang-latok 

 of the Dyaks of Borneo ; figured wood handle provided with symbolic recurved 

 horns and median spik<\ Southern and Visayan Islands. 



Plate 10 



Head axes. Primitive Malayan and Indonesian tribes of north central 

 Luzon. No. 1. Head-hunter's ax. Hardwood handle ferruled and shod with 

 silver and brass bands. Kalinga, north central Luzon. 2. Head ax. Made 

 of iron with bowed back and crescentic cutting edge ; metal tang set in hard- 

 wood handle provided with long, hourglass-shape iron ferrule; handle equipped 

 with carved hand-fitting grip and spur extension for hand support: plain 

 surfaced. Kalinga. north central Luzon. 



Plate 11 



The barong: Specialized ornamental parang tyiies. No. 1. Lanceolate shape 

 liroad-backed steel blade of exceptional excellence : hardwood handle grip 

 sheathed with silver; pommel fashioned of dugong ivory in ornamental pattern 

 of scrolls and fretwork ; characteristic flat-surfaced hardwood scabbard. Moro, 

 Mindanao. 2. Lanceolate, broad-backed blade: handle shod with ferruled 

 silver bands and silver-braided wire ; scrolled hardwood pommel. Presented to 

 President Theodore Roosevelt by the Samal Moro. Basilan Island. 



