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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



out from a single piece of wood, like those of the Dyaks are found on 

 the Kio Maranon in South America (tig. 1).* 



The Viroinia Indians used " targets made of barcks."t The ^ava- 

 ioes made a shield of cedar rods twined together with cord (Cat. No. 

 8401 U S N.M.), which may be connected with the rod armor of the 

 Athamsc'ans and the similar cane shields of the Nahuas of Mexico. 



Among the Ceris and Chicoratos of New Mexico, "Another kind of 

 shield was matle of small laths closely interwoven with cords, in such a 

 manner that, when not required for use, it could be shut up like a fan, 

 and was carried under the arm." | 



" In Tobasco and along the coast, tortoise shells inlaid with gold, 



Fig. 1. 



WOODEN SHIELD. 



Cat. No. 7.ViSl U. S. N. M. Peru. Gilt o( the TrocaJero Mu.euin. Pans, 



Silver, or copper were commonly used as shields," § as the Malay spec- 

 imen from Singapore. Reeds, grass, hides, or Miequeu-cloth coated with 

 India rubber served to protect an Aztec common soldier. || The I ne- 

 blo tribes "carried round shields of basketry, of heavily and closely 

 netted cotton, or of thick rawhide, symbolically^amted.^^1] ^ 



*7roode^s/.i;/i:=Ilat^lisir^ni^^ in.tbe center, forming a step. 



Two bent wood handles wrapped witli bark are sprung into holes .n the rear o the 

 shield. Decorated with triangnlar fignres in red and yellow, resemblmgt^nts. Diam- 

 eter, 33 inches. (Cat. No. 7.5881, U. S. N. M. Indians of the Upper Amazon (Kio 

 Maranon) Peru. Gift of the Trocadero Museum, Pans). 



t Hariot, Thomas, Virginia, p. 24. 



t Bancroft, op. cH.,Vo\. i, p. 579. 



VUiancroft, H. H., op. cit., Vol. ii, p. 407. 



II Bancroft, loc. cit. , 



HCushiug, F. H., article "Pueblos, ' in Johnson's Cyclopedia, from advanced 



sheets in new edition, now in press. 



