128671 Catalog Card
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| Title | 128671 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red 34-36 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: Bataan, Luzon. | People: Negrito. Stock. | Name: Bosog- Long bow of palma brava. Bark string. Two arrows with iron tips - bElag. (over) |Collection: R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909=1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: Used in securing game. | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: ?3.00 |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 128671 | 1-3 | ENT | (744) | Acc. 1115 | [Cursive capital L] | [BACK] The bows- bosog, are made of palma brava and are fitted with strings of twisted bark, which are strong and pliable. The arrow shafts are made of straight cane around one end of which three feathers are wrapped, these are tied at each end with thin strips of rattan orgrass. A variety of points are seen. For birds, bamboo points - lasay, or flat ends- pagolpol, are used. For fighting and ordinary hunting a appear-like head of metal- bElag is employed, while the true hunting arrow is fitted with a detachable barbed point sibat. When thislast missel has struck an animal the point pulls out of the shaft and unwinds a cord which attaches it to the reed. This soon becomes entangled in the undergrowth, while the barbs keep the point from tearing out of the flesh; thus the animal is soon captured. Fish lying inclear pools are also secured by means of bows and arrows. | |
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| Summary | 128671 | 774 - 128671 Catalog Card, [0.398 MB], (application/pdf) |
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