628 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 893. 



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

 the Rio Maraiioii in South America (fig. 1).* 



The Virginia Indians used &quot; targets made of barcks.&quot;t The Nava- 

 joes 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 

 Athapascans and the similar cane shields of the Nahuas of Mexico. 



Among the Oeris and Chicoratos of New Mexico, &quot;Another kind of 

 shield was made 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.&quot; f 



&quot; In Tobasco and along the coast, tortoise shells inlaid with gold, 



WOODEN SHIELD. 



Cat. N&amp;lt;&amp;gt;. 7.VW1 U. S. N. M. Peru. Gift jf the Trocadero Museum, Pans. 



silver, or copper were commonly used as shields,&quot; as the Malay spec 

 imen from Singapore. Heeds, grass, hides, or nequen-cloth coated with 

 India rubber served to protect an Aztec common soldier. || The Pue 

 blo tribes &quot;curried round shields of basketry, of heavily and closely 

 netted cotton, or -of thick rawhide, symbolically painted.&quot; fl 



* Wooden shield, Flat disk of light wood, thicker in the center, forming a step. 

 Two bent wood handles wrapped with bark are sprung into holes in the rear of the 

 shield. Decorated with triangular figures in red and yellow, resemldingtents. Diam 

 eter, 33 inches. (Cat. No. 75881, U. S. N. M. Indians of the Upper Amazon (Rio 

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



t Hariot, Thomas, Virginia, p. 24. 



t Bancroft, op. c/*.,Vol. I, p. 579. 



Bancroft, H. H., op. cit., Vol. n, p. 407. 



|| Bancroft, loc. cit. 



IJCushing, F. H., article &quot; PneMos, in Johnson s Cyclopedia, from advanced 

 sheets in IH-\V edition, now in pn-ss. 



