118 . EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



Plate 12 



The bolo: Combination piercing and chopping weapons; agricultural knives 

 and jungle tools. No. 1. Curved blade of steel with flattened surface on inner 

 side and median ridge on beveled outer surface; octagonal hardwood handle. 

 Tagalog, central Luzon. 2. Bolo with steel blade point broken off. Handle 

 consists of elaborately carved carabao horn. Luzon. 3. Broad-backed steel 

 blade provided with convex cutting edge ; handle completely shod with figured 

 brass. Bagobo, southern Mindanao. 4. Bolo having chased iron blade inlaid 

 v?ith soft metal; beautifully carved carabao-horn handle. Cebu, Visayau 

 Islands. 5. Boy's baroiig ; small elliptic steel blade ; carved hardwood handle 

 ferruled with silver bands and braided silver cord. Taken in 1913 at Mount 

 Talipao, Mindanao. 6. Steel blade, " pirah " acutely pointed and couvexly 

 curved; provided with sharp downward curve near handle similar to the 

 Malayan parang-latok ; hardwood handle equipped with symbolic recurved horns 

 and spike. Cebu, Visayau Islands. 7. Concavo-convex grooved steel blade; 

 brass-shod handle and guard spike. Bagobo, southern Mindanao. 8. Kampilan- 

 bolo type ; chain ornament on hardwood pommel. Bagobo, southeastern Min- 

 danao. 9. Grotesque totemic or wyang carving on wood handle ; circular guard 

 of wood ; old type of Malay weapon. Panay, Visayan Islands. 10. Pirah. 

 Cutting edge of blade has sweeping convex curve ; heavy, concave blade black ; 

 truncated slope at point ; handle fashioned of carabao horn and provided with 

 long extension arm support. Moro, Basilau Island. 



Plate 13 



Hand weapons for cutting, piercing, and stabbing : Knives and daggers. 

 No. 1. Dagger ; triangular sectioned, curved, and pointed blade ; single cutting 

 edge; carved wood handle. Quinapundar. Samar I.-;land. 2. Dagger " bala- 

 rao " ; hastate shape double-edged blade ; handle provided with a peculiar 

 finger-fitting grip consisting of extended tang and two liorns ; silver ferrule at 

 center. Chief defense weapon of the Mandayau, southeastern Mindanao. 

 3. Woman's knife.. Blade curved, designed for striking a slanting blow. 

 Bagobo, southeastern Mindanao. 4. Plain dirk-dagger having curved blade, 

 ferruled wooden handle, and circular guard. Moro, Mindanao. 5. Serpentine 

 Malay dagger ; grotesque dugong ivory carving on hilt. Collected by the United 

 States exploring expedition, 183S-1842, under Admiral Wilkes. G. Malay dag- 

 ger ; curved wooden pistol shape hilt ; characteristic serpentine figure carving ; 

 straight-edged blade. Wilkes exploring expedition. 7. Seri:)entine kris-dagger ; 

 plain horn handle; enyraved circular silver guard and ferrule. Moro, Min- 

 danao. 8. Malay dagger; laminated blade; figured and carved handle of 

 wood. Dyak, Pasir River, southeast Borneo, 9. Punal de kris; blade chased 

 on surface section near handle ; wood handle set in socketed brass ferrule. 

 Moro, Mindanao. 10. Dagger ; curved, double-edged blade ; curved plain wood 

 handle. Moro, Mindanao. 11. Dagger having saberlike blade; metal guard 

 provided with volute tips ; carved v.^ood handle ; blade chased and inlaid with 

 soft metal at back. Moro, Jolo. 12. Dagger; serpentine blade; metal cross 

 guard ; .spiral fluted grip of Camagon wood. 13. " Insurrecto " sword-dagger 

 chased blade, pointed and double edged ; cross guard ; horn handle inlaid with 

 shell mosaic; symbolically figured pommel. 



